tThe Chicago MaroonVolume 98, No. 6 The University of Chicago _ ©Copyright 1986 Friday, August 8,1986New telescope to searchsky for supernovaeDiner opening delayedby Greg MantellNews EditorA consortium of universities towhich the University of Chicagobelongs has received a federalgrant to build one of the world’smost powerful telescopes thatmay allow astronomers for thefirst time to measure the age ofthe universe with certainty.The $3.74 million NationalScience Foundation grant is be¬ing used by the AstrophysicalResearch Consortium (ARC) toconstruct a 140-inch reflectingtelescope at Apache Point Ob¬servatory on Sacramento Peak,New Mexico.The combination of having thefourth largest telescope mirrorin the country and being locatedin the darkest known developedspot in the country will make thetelescope perhaps the mostpowerful in the world, accordingto Donald York, a professor inthe Dept of Astronomy andAstrophysics and the first Di¬rector of the new observatory.By Molly McClainManaging EditorThe David and Alfred SmartGallery will receive an exhibi¬tion of pre-Revolutionary Rus¬sian paintings this winter as apart of a United States-SovietPortrait of Mina Moiseev byI.N. Kramskoi The telescope’s unique designmakes it the only large telescopethat can rapidly change in¬struments and be operated re¬motely.Astronomers plan to take ad¬vantage of the telescopes newabilities to study “serendipitousobjects like supernovae'’ andundertake long term projects,which astronomers would nothave been able to perform be¬fore because of the difficulty inobtaining time on national tele¬scopes.York said that, in particular,University faculty members in¬tend to use the telescope in aneffort to solve a debate ragingamong astronomers about thevalue of the Hubble Constant.The Hubble Constant, which tellsthe rate at which the universeexpands, is important becauseits inverse is the age of theuniverse.Astronomers will use opticalinstruments to search largeparts of the sky for supernovae.Once one is found, more preciseUnion cultural exchange.The exhibit, “Russia. TheLand, the People- RussianPainting 1850-1910,” will be oneof cultural, scientific and educa¬tional exchanges between thetwo nations. The accords re¬sulted from the Novembermeeting of President Reaganand Mikhail S. Gorbachev.The Smart Gallery will be oneof only three institutions na¬tionwide to show the exhibit. “Itis a fantastic coup for the Uni¬versity of Chicago in general andthe Smart Gallery in par¬ticular.” said John Carswell, di¬rector of the gallery. The ex¬hibit, which will travel to theSmithsonian’s Renwick Galleryand Harvard's Fogg Museum,will be in Chicago from January22 to March 8.The exhibition will include 62works from painters such asNatalia Goncharova, WassilyKandinsky, Ivan Kramskoi, infrared instruments will quicklybe put in place, he said.By observing supernovae earlyon, it will be possible to calculatethe distance of far away galax¬ies. These measurements willenable astronomers to refine theHubble Constant, York ex¬plained. Currently the HubbleConstant is based on the distanceto a handful of nearby galaxiesthat instruments already in usehave been able to determine, hesaid.“All of Chicago’s faculty, post¬doctoral students, and re¬searchers will benefit very muchfrom the observatory,” PeterVandervoort, professor and as¬sociate chairman of the Astron¬omy and Astrophysics Dept,said.Other members of ARC arePrinceton University, Wash¬ington State University, NewMexico University, and theUniversity of Washington. The Uof C and Princeton are develop¬ing the telescope's advanced in¬strumentationKasimir Malevich. Ilya Repinand Valentin Serov. It wiil beaccompanied by a two-daysymposium in January whichwill include lectures on otheraspects of the 19th century cul¬tural revival in Russia.The symposium will give theexhibition “another intellectualdimension,' Carswell noted. Theschedule tentatively includeslectures on Russian nationalismand the itinerant movement aswell as discussions of Russianballet, theatre and music.Carswell stated that the Rus¬sians intended for the exhibit to“give average Americans a fardeeper understanding of whatwas happening in pre-Revolutionary Russia.” The Di¬rector of the State Museum inLeningrad "was very interestedin our idea ’ of a symposium.Carswell said, and subsequentlyagreed to send the paintingscontinued on page three By Greg MantellNews EditorThe Prairie City Diner’s open¬ing date has been pushed back toearly January of 1987. though theowners have raised nearly all ofthe monev needed to open theestablishment, according toJonathan Kliejunas one of therestaurant's general partners.Kliejunas uescribed the res¬taurant as a moderately pricedestablishment that will featureboth a self-service area and afull service dining room.Originally scheduled to open inSeptember, the Diner replacesthe popular Agora restaurant atthe corner of 57th Street andKenwood Avenue. The Univer¬sity chose not to extend the Ag¬ora’s lease when it expired June30.“For obvious tax reasons. I’dlike to open it < The Prairie CityDiner) in 1986, but it doesn't looklike we'll be able to do what wewant with the place and still beable to open on time.” Kliejunassaid.“The previous tenant didn’tallow us access to the property,so we couldn't draw up plans forthe renovation until we actuallytook possession. That cost us about two months delay.” hesaid.Dino Alexopoulos, the Agora'sowner, denied those charges,saying he offered to let the newtenants come in as long as theydidn’t disturb his businessThey called two times andsaid they would come in on acertain day. but we waited forthem and they never showed up.Then they called later and saidtheir architect was out of town,”Alexopoulos saidJonathan Kleinbard, vice-president for university newsand community affairs, calledthe delay “a major setback” inthe university’s plan to 'im¬prove the ambiance of 57thStreet.”“But we know they i ThePrairie City Diner's owners; hada problem. Their plans called forputting in a skylight in the roof,and you can't make those kind ofchanges without approval fromthe city. That takes six to eightweeks once you get the plans in.And there was no way Ale¬xopoulos would let the architectscome in to draw up the plans.”he said.According to Kleinbard theUniversity considered takingcontinued on page threeOne of only three U-S. institutionsU of C gallery to show Soviet artCrime is on the rise in Hyde Park, Police search for attackerBy Molly McClain‘Managing EditorThe number of crimes in HydePark rose 26 percent in the firstsix months of 1986, according tostatistics compiled by the SouthEast Chicago Commission.Citywide statistics showed a riseof 7 percent over the same pe¬riod.“We re not doing well,” saidRobert Mason, Director of theCommission. Not only is crimeincreasing in Hyde Park but is“going up all over the nation,”he noted. He said that an in¬crease in property crimes maybe linked with changing econo¬mic conditions.However, Mason noted that“You’re pretty much talkingabout apples and oranges whenyou’re comparing Hyde Parkstatistics to city statistics" be¬cause Hyde Park residents often report crime more frequentlythan do residents of other cityneighborhoods (llvde ParkHerald, 8-6-86).From January 1 to June 30there were 3 homicides in thearea, compared with one in 1985.Thus, homicides witnessed a 200percent increase. The statisticson criminal sexual assault,however, decreased 33.3 percent.Burglaries increased 39.9 per¬cent; purse snatchings, 28 per¬cent; theft from auto, 26.2 per¬cent; autotheft, 18.2 percent androbbery, 16.5 percent.Citywide figures compiled bythe Chicago Police Departmentindicated increases in all majorcrime categories. Homicides in¬creased 20 per cent; criminalsexual assaults, 14 percent;robbery, burglary and autotheft, each 9 percent.Statistics are computed using data from unverified crime re¬ports, initial reports that may bereclassified later or categorizedas unfounded by area detectives.Recent crimes include a re¬ported sexual assault in agangway on the 5400 block of S.Blackstone Avenue on July 2. A24-year old Hyde Park womanstated that she had been walkingsouth on Blackstone Ave. at11:45pm when a man ap¬proached her from behind andpulled her into the gangway. Theattacker reportedly demandedmoney and the victim gave him$40. Subsequently, the manchoked the victim, struck herabout the face and sexually as¬saulted her. The attacker re¬portedly told the victim to waittwo minutes until he left thescene. He was not reported tohave been carrying a weapon.Recently, the victim told police that she is being followedby a man in a blue compact carwith a loud muffler and brakes.Police reports describe the at¬tacker as black, 6 feet tall,weighing 170 pounds. He is de-A community meeting to dis¬cuss crime in Hyde Park-Kenwood will be held onThursday, August 14, 1986, at7:30 PM. in Vick Hall at K.A.M -Isaiah Israel Temple, 5039Greenwood, the South EastChicago Commission announcedtoday.Participating in the meetingwill be Chicago Police Depart¬ment Captain Robert Freyer,acting Commander of the 21stPolice District, and University scribed as approximately age 35with a square face. At the timeof the crime he wore a long-sleeve tan shirt and dark brownpolvester pants (Source; HvdePark Herald. 8-6-86).of Chicago Security DepartmentDirector Mark GrahamThe purpose of the meeting isto inform residents of the com¬munity about the current situa¬tion with crime in the commu¬nity, according to South EastChicago Commission ExecutiveDirector John Beal. He addedNthat the meeting will provide anopportunity for residents to askany questions they may haveabout recent crimes in thecommunity or other crime con¬cerns.Residents to discuss crimeBluegrass group to perform at Point on SundayBy Jennifer FortnerStaff WriterThe last Concert at the Point will be heldAugust 10 at 3 p.m. It will conclude a seriesof free, live concerts that have been offeredon selected Sundays this summer in HydePark.Buck’s Stove and Range Company, whoperform bluegrass and country music, isthe fifth group featured in this summer’sconcert presentation at lakeside. Otherconcerts in the series included the award¬winning Asbury String Quintet and thepopular Jimmy Ellis jazz band, and lastSunday’s outdoor entertainment was Jam-acian reggae music from Keith Eric andthe Waterhouse Band. “We have beenswamped by calls from groups who want toperform at the Point,” enthused oneFriends of the Park member.The concerts are co-sponsored by MostlyMusic and the Friends of the Parks Mostly Music, founded in Hyde Park in 1973, hascontinued a tradition of presenting cham¬bers and ensemble music and special mu¬sical events that began in the 1940’s. “Wepresent small ensembles in small set¬tings,” says Mostly Music’s Joyce TurnerHilkovitch. A non-profit organization, thegroup offers over 70 different programseach year.As well as the concerts at PromontoryPoint, Mostly Music also sponsors concertson the North Side, at Indiana Dunes, and atlandmark homes such as that of EzrasSensibar on Woodlawn Avenue. MostlyMusic is supported by the National En¬dowment for the Arts, the Illinois ArtsCouncil, and by private donations.The Friends of the Parks are Chicagocitizens concerned about the city’s parks.Active for eleven years, the Friends areinvolved in improving Chicago’s parksthrough legislative and other action. As Kav Clements of the Friends of the Parkssays “We want to provide cultural eventsas well as park regulation ” This aim wasevident at the August 3 concert, w*Je**®}J*;failure of parks service personnel to arrivedelayed the concert for an hour and had theFriends up in arms. “It is this sort ofinefficiency that we are challenging, an¬other Friends member announced.The Promontory Points concert serieshas been generally well-received, andplanning has already begun for nextsummer’s season. “Next year is the 50thanniversary of the creation of the Point bythe WPA during the Depression, we think,”relates Kay Clements. “We would like tohold concerts all summer, hopefully withthe assistance of the Mayor’s Office ofSpecial Events.” With a pleasant locationand atmosphere, strong backing and qual¬ity entertainment, the signs are all in its PHOTO BY CAROL CHOUTeenagers finish summer program atBy E. Ann CzyzewskiContributing WriterSome 300 Louthside students, aged 10-18,participated in a six-week summer pro¬gram of academics and athletics organizedby the U of C Office of Special Programs(OSPLThe program, in its 16th year, aims toacquaint students to college life at an earlyage. U of C faculty, Chicago Public Schoolteachers, and parents of students are allinvolved in promoting academic and ath¬letic excellence through the program.Larry Hawkins, director of the OSP,strongly supports the instruction of sportsalong with academic teaching. “Students inthe sports program learn discipline, order and skill,” he said. These three forms oftraining, required in academics, provideadditional mental aptitude as well as agood sense of physical well-being, Hawkinsnoted.This summer’s academic program in¬cluded classes in reading, writing, math¬ematics, science and foreign languagesthat were taught in Cobb Hall. Athleticsconsisted of participation by each studentin four sports activities during the courseof the summer. These activities includedbasketball, volleyball, tennis, track andfield, swimming and dance. These ac¬tivities took place at Henry Crown FieldHouse and Bartlett Gymnasium. Testpreparation, tutorials, presentations byguest speakers and field trips to cultural events were additional activities in whichthe students participate.Funding for the Summer Program wasprovided in part by the National YouthSports Program, Big Buddies Youth Ser¬vices, Inc., Project Upward Bound and TheInstitute for Athletics and Education. Thisfunding allows the program to be offeredtuition free to accepted students. Fund¬raising events also provided money for thepro gram. Presently, the parents' com¬mittee is coordinating an end of thesummer raffle.Parent involvement goes beyond fund¬raising. This summer parent volunteerstutored, chaperoned and helped with lunchpreparations. More importantly, parentsbecame involved in their own child’s ef- U of Cforts and progress in education.Overall, the Summer Program is a shortsegment of a year-round effort to trainstudents to apply themselves diligently inacademics and sports. Hawkins believesthe six week program does not providesufficient time for a student to accomplishthe program’s goals. He urged students toparticipate in the Pilot Enrichments Pro¬gram which takes place during the schoolyear Hawkins optimistically noted,“We llmove into the Fall with roughly 100 of 300students.”As for the students, staff and parents,evaluations reveal that they feel thesummer experience to be one of the bestfeatures of the year round program.Thirteen Chicago rowers bring home gold medalsSaturday, July 26. Two crews from theUniversity of Chicago, the men’s light¬weight four and the women’s novice eightbrought home gold from this year’s Chic¬ago Sprints Regatta, hosted by the LincolnPark Boat Club (LPBC). The entire crewclub made a very strong showing, with sixof nine boats weathering several rounds ofdual elimination heats to make the finals.In all, 36 U of C crew members partici¬pated and 13 came away with medals.At 7:00 AM, crews from roughly a dozenMidwest boat clubs converged on the Lin¬coln Park Lagoon for one of the Midwest’slargest summer regattas. A warm, cloud¬less day and calm water made for perfectrowing conditions which held up from thefirst Etes-vous prets until the final Partez.However U of C got off to a tentative startas a hard-working men’s pair had troublenavigating the 1000m course and weresoundly defeated by St. Louis B.C.The crew’s luck changed soon enough asthe women’s lightweight four kicked off avirtual U of C sweep of the early morning heats, narrowly beating a poorly steeredMendota crew from Madison, WI.In the next race, it was U of C overMendota again as a high-spirited women'snovice eight out-pulled the Wisconsin milk-fed's. Chicago's domination continued withthe men's open eight winning their heat byopen water over Milwaukee.Chicago suffered its second setback whena nervous men’s novice eight fell to a crewfrom Iowa. Both boats were rather shaky,but the corn-fed’s managed to muscle theirway ahead of the Maroons, gaining a boat-length and a half by the end of the course.The Iowa men were soundly defeated in thefinals by a very sharp Mendota crew,which posted the second fastest time of theday.In the men’s novice single event, GregBedell from U of C finished half a lengthahead of a rather erratic young scullerfrom Mendota to earn himself a spot in thefinals.In the next race, Mendota's mixed eightproved to be too much for a U of C boat which had just been thrown together on theday of the race. U of C sculler GordyWilliams got a bye and went straight on tothe finals.In the last heat of the day, the U of Cmen’s light four rowed a ragged thousandmeters but managed to stay just half alength ahead of the Milwaukee four.In the first final of the day, the women’slight four experienced equipment problemsand had to settle for runners-up to LPBC.In the women’s novice eights, there was nocontest as the U of C cruised to an easyvictory over Lincoln Park. The U of Cwomen did a spectacular job of pullingtogether considering that not one of themhad ever been in a boat until this summer.In the winning boat were Indre Rack-auskas, Nikki Parlet, Miriam Sagher,Kathleen Gibney, Sarah Kass, KathyBergman, Judy Udove, Carolyn Rundquist,and coxswain Vince Ferrera. This is thesecond year in a row that U of C has wonthe women’s novice eights at the ChicagoSprints. Less than one hour after their heat, themen’s light four faced a fresh Lincoln Parkcrew in the final. The men jumped aheadat the start and rowed much better than inthe heats, beating the Lincoln Parkers by alength of open water. The winners wereKevin Shalla, Roger Bailey, Greg Bedell.Vince Ferrera, and coxswain JoanneButler.The men’s open eight was not as for¬tunate. They row'ed clean and hard, pound¬ing the water at a stiff 35 strokes perminute throughout the piece, but wereoverpowered by a very solid Lincoln Parkcrew, which posted the fastest time of theday. In the singles events, Greg Bedellwent stroke for stroke against St. Louissculler for most of the course, but wasedged out in the last 100m. Gordy Williamswas also not able to keep pace with sometough competition from Notre Dame. Whenit was all over, the winners were crowned,beer was consumed, and all look forward toa promising fall season for a constantlyimproving Maroon Crew.SummerandtheLake2—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, August 8,1986 fe~. .* Battery & Assault • Automobile Related Theft Crime Number Percent OfTotal Crime Compared ToLast WeekCriminal Sexual Offense 3 2.4% + 0.7%Robbery 7 5.5% + 0.4%Burglary 15 11.8% -0.2%Auto Theft 29 22.8% + 7.4%Theft From Auto 29 22.8% + 5.7%Battery and Assault 14 11.0% -6.9%Theft 21 16.6% -2.2%Criminal Damage to Property 9 7.1% -4.9%Total Crimes 127 100% + 10 crimesU of C gallerycontinued from page oneto Chicago.The exhibition represents the culturalresurgence which occurred between 1840and 1910. During this period, Russian in¬tellectual life was enriched by the litera¬ture of Tolstoy and Chekov as well as bythe music of Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.The period is characterized by a nationalistrevival that spread not only through Russiabut also across Europe.The exhibit is divided into two parts, thefirst explores the work of the Itinerants, agroup of artists who rebelled against west¬ern influence in Russian art. The secondexamines the work of those artists who re¬focused their attention on western painting.Portraits became the leading genre ofthe 1870s and 1880s.The Itinerants’ style, hostile to Impres¬sionism, gradually lapsed into its own type of academicism. At the turn of the century,new works displayed a rift between art andreality. Artists began to take a renewedinterest in the West. The artistic center nolonger strayed across the country with thetravelling shows, but was centralized at St.Petersburg.The cultural exchange not only bringsRussian paintings to the West, but it alsosends American works to the Soviet Union.Some 65 American paintings from Smith¬sonian holdings and other public and pri¬vate collections will travel to three Sovietcities.American artists represented in the“New Horizon’’ exhibition include AlbertBierstadt, Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church,Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, GeorgeInness, John Singer Sargent and JohnTwaehtman.Diner openingcontinued from page onem Burglary, Robbery & TheftNumber of crimes committed on weekdays: 75 (59.1%) (-11.8%)Number of crimes committed on weekends : 52 (40.9%) (+11.8%)Number of crimes committed from 9am-5pm: 33 (26.0%) (- 5.6%)Number of crimes committed after dark (9pm-5am): 35 (27.6%) (-11.7%)The map and statistics were compiled by Stephen Tsung from the 24-hour reportsof the Chicago Police, 21st precinct July 29 - August 5. legal action against Alexopoulos. “We hadrights under the lease, but we decided inthe end that taking him to court would takejust as long as waiting for him to move outwhen the lease was up.”Kleinbard anticipates that returningstudents will be upset by the setback.“Everyone will be dissatisfied. We wantedthe place open at the end of October ormid-November at the latest to avoid thoseproblems.”Kliejunas said also that he and the othergeneral partner Carol Nie, a BusinessSchool graduate, have lined up investors to back the restaurant. When Kliejunasa andNie signed with the University, they were$300,000 short of the money needed forrenovations.The two have invested $120,000 of theirown money in the restaurant.“We divided the remaining $300,000 into12 units at $25,000 each and we've soldeleven and a half of those to investors,” hesaid.“There’s been a lot of strong communityparticipation in the project,” he added.“About half of the investors are from HydePark.”PomerleauSHOPPING FOR A COMPUTER?See what Apple, Epson.Compaq, Leading Edge,Atari, Zenith,Commodore, no-nameclones and, most of all,IBM, have to offer.Then come see whythe best value is aKay pro from Pomerleau!Guaranteed IBM-Compatible12-Month Warrantyauthorized dealer1743»/2 E. 55th St. 667-2075Tools For Your Mind... 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Shore Drive643-3600 Beyond WordsExtensions of client-centered therapy into the eightiesThe Chicago Counseling and Psychotherapy CenterIandThe University of Chicago Department of Behavioral SciencepresentSunday with Carl Rogers and FriendsSeptember 7, 1986, 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.University of Chicago Law School Auditorium1111E. 60th Street, Chicago, IllinoisJoin Dr. Carl Rogers, Natalie Rogers, Dr. Eugene Gendlin, Dr. NatRaskin and Professor Garry Prouty for an exploration of theevolution, extensions, and applications of the client-centered/person-centered approach to therapy and to living.Refreshments will be served.Tickets are $30 each. Groups of 25 or more can receive a 15 %discount if tickets are ordered before August 20th.Beyond WordsExtensions of client-centered therapy into the eightiesName No. of ticketsas you want it to appear on name tagAddress PhoneCity State ZipcodeAmount enclosedParticipants will receive name tags at the door. No tickets will be sent.£77ie. 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Stony Island SEARlCarJTmck4—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, August 8, 19862iu.BYPASSESREAGAN-COMES TOHYDE PARKby Steven LeslieWhen foreign dignitaries come toAmerica they always meet high govern¬ment bureaucrats, attend official func¬tions. and receive an artillery salute inwhich the number of guns is strictly basedupon their rank. But when NicaraguanPresident Daniel Ortega recently visitedhere he had no discussions with ourgovernment; instead he met with peaceactivist Mary Traversof Peter, Paul, andMary, spoke to the all-Black National BarAssociation convention, and stormed intoHyde Park on Saturday when he ad¬dressed the weekly gathering at OperationPUSH.Ortega seems to have hit on a solutionto his war with America and its mercenaryforces: he is bypassing the Reagan ad¬ministration and taking peace talks di¬rectly to the American people. At Oper¬ation PUSH, 930 E. 50th St., Ortegaspoke about the suffering and achieve¬ments of his country, but most importantlyhe expressed his people's desire forpeace. His message received a very posi¬tive response Saturday as PUSH mem¬bers and visitors gave Ortega a number ofstanding ovations.The timing of Ortega’s visit is important.Both houses of Congress recently ap¬proved a $100 million payment to thecontra forces fighting the Nicaraguangovernment; a filibuster on the Senatefloor appears to be the only way that finalpassage can be averted. With the pros¬pect of more aid for their coffers themoribund contras have renewed their at¬tacks in the northern Nicaraguan coun¬tryside. In response the Sandinista gov¬ernment closed the opposition newspaperLa Prensa and refused to readmit ahighly-placed Catholic priest from a tripabroad, alleging that both the publicationand the church official had maintained tieswith the contras. But the ostensible rea¬son for Ortega’s trip to America was toattend the UN Security Council's vote onthe recent decision of the InternationalCourt of Justice.The UN-affiliated court in late Juneissued an overwhelming ruling that US aidto the cbntras violated international lawThe Reagan administration had decided inthe course of the proceedings that theInternational Court did not have juris¬diction over continuing armed conflicts,declined to present its case, and of courserefused to abide by the ruling. Nicaraguaasked the Security Council last week toaffirm the court decision, and there USveto power alone averted our country’scondemnation in yet another international Daniel Ortega addressing Operation PUSH with Rosario Munillo and Jesse JacksonBurial of a worker with a flag of FSLN in Diriambabody. Daniel Ortega was in New York atthe UN to observe these events.The Nicaraguans are now promising totake their case against US aggression tothe General Assembly of the United Na¬tions where no country has veto power,but where no resolution would be bindingupon US policy. It appears certain that inthis body most of the world will soon voteto condemn US aid to the contras.The American people have also dem¬onstrated their hostility to funds for themercenaries. A recent poll indicated thattwo-thirds of the people in this countryopposed the package of military and sup¬port supplies. The Reagan administrationand the Congress appear deaf to thischorus of international and domestic con¬demnation.Ortega, as a result, had to bypass theUS government and look for avenues forpeace with other Americans. “Somebodymust listen,” former Operation PUSHpresident Jesse Jackson said in in¬troducing Ortega, “the White House isclosed to talk about peace. And here wehave a chance to avert a long and bloodywar in Central America.” In Chicago Or¬tega expressed the same message that hebrought to the progressive RiversideChurch in New York, that he spoke aboutat the National Bar Association conven¬tion, that he stated in meetings withAmerican newspaper editors, and that hewill take back to Nicaragua—the US mustcome to peace with Nicaragua and mustabide by international law.At Operation PUSH on Saturday Ortegaand Jackson unveiled an eight-point pro¬gram that they called “The ChicagoPlan,” which aims to reduce tensions inCentral America and with the UnitedStates. (See the accompanying article).These proposals did not offer concessionsto the Reagan administration, rather theyoutlined some innovative ideas to achieveregional peace. 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At Dawes Park Pond inEvanston, tomorrow, call the North Suburban Peace Initiative at 475-3692.-SKABud Billiken Day Parade This is a bigevent Started in 1929 by the ChicagoDefender, the parade is now one of thelargest in the country. Luminaries forevery taste, including GovernorThompson, Oprah Winfrey, the Tempta¬tions, the kids from the CosbyShow. From 35th to 55th and KingDrive, ending with a picnic in Wash¬ington Park. Sat 10-12:30.The Chicago International Wooden BoatFestival closes Sunday It’s at NavyPier. Tickets are $5 general admission,$3 students and seniors. ,The Chicago International Sailboat Showwill exhibit over 100 sailboats, from 15-ftsailing dinghies to 50-ft yachts, all ofwhich will be open to the public forboarding and inspection. The show willalso feature a variety of activities in¬cluding sailboat rides, races, regattasand free sailing lessons for beginners,as well as a variety of exhibits anddemonstrations. At Navy Pier August 14-17, opening at noon each day. Ticketsare $5 general admission, $3 students.787-6858The Great Peace March for Global Nu¬clear Disarmament brings their messageto Chicago for four days this week with avariety of political and educational ac¬tivities. On Thursday, August 14 themarchers (who left L A last spring andare continuing to Washington) will enterthe business district at noon and thenproceed to Grant Park at 1 pm for awelcoming ceremony. On Friday, from 3to 10 pm, Chicagoans are invited to visitPeace City (site to be announced) forseminars, lectures, and videos dealingwith the issue. Saturday the Marchcomes to Hyde Park (see below).Sunday, the activities culminate when“Survival Sunday: Legs Against Arms”is held in Lincoln Park just south ofDiversey Parkway. Survival Sunday fea¬tures a circular walk for global nucleardisarmament. Sunday’s activities will befrom 1 to 5:30 p.m. For more info callthe Great Peace march office at 786-9041.Bomb-Busters Festival The Great PeaceMarch comes to Hyde Park with a streetfestival and performances by Chicagoentertainers and a folk-rock groupcomprised of Great Peace marchersSaturday, August 16 from 1 to 8 pm onThe Midway 786-9041Helicon Nine, the Journal of Women’s Artsand Letters, is coming out with a doubleissue. Number 14/15. The theme of thepublication is “Multi-Cultural Women.”The issue will feature an interview withJudith Jamison, former lead dancer inthe Alvin Ailey Company. The issue alsofeatures short stories, including “NomadTown” by Puerto Rican writer CarmenMarrero, poetry, photography, and aspecial showcase of twelve women art¬ists from Puerto Rico. Check your near¬est bookstore.Cities Within A City: The Idea of Neigh¬borhoods in Chicago This debut exhibi¬tion of the Neighborhood History Re¬search Collection, organized by theSpecial Collections Division of the Chic¬ago Public Library, examines the fre¬quently heard, yet stubbornly enigmatic idea of neighborhoods in Chicago. His¬torical documents and photographs willbe used to illustrate the patterns andcharacteristics of city life that have in thepast accounted for an area of the cityidentifying itself as a cohesive neigh¬borhood. The exhibition runs August 9through November 1 in the GAR Memo¬rial Hall at the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Center, 78 E Washington. 744-8928Tubes at 55th and Kimbark The City ofChicago, in an effort to prove that it“works” appears to be storing somelarge (4 feet in diameter) concrete tubesat a busy Hyde Park intersection. Theopportunity to sit in one of these tubesand view the 55th street traffic throughthe perspective of these tubes offers thesensitive Hyde Parker a “total in¬volvement” viewing experience. Theworks in this exhibit, changing by theminute, run from the mundane to thegripping, depending on the viewer’sopinion of humanity. The incursion of adark tube about one’s field of visionhelps the viewer to focus, to treat eachpassing entity as a separate work of art.The exhibit runs forever, but the tubesmight be gone pretty soon. Admission isfree— SKSummerdance: Made in Chicago A threeweek festival of dance featuring per¬formances by local artists and dance-related films, organized by the ChicagoOffice of Fine Arts and cosponsored byThe Chicago Public Library. This week’sperformers are: the Chi-Town JazzDance ensemble moving to a wide vari¬ety of musical styles including music byPat Methany, Dave Grusin, and ChuckMangione (Monday at 5:30 pm); TheChicago Repertory Dance Ensemble ina series of solos interspersed with slidesand a lecture by Artistic Director TaraMitton (Tuesday at 12:15 pm); a groupof Chicago-based dancers performingtraditional dances of Nigeria giving trib¬ute to the harvest of a food staple forthat country Wednesday at 5:30 pm Allperformances free in the theater at TheChicago Public Library Cultural Center,78 E Washington. For more info dial F-l-N-E-A-R-T.Aerobic dance classes are being taughtevery Monday and Wednesday from5:30 to 6:30 pm by members of the JanErkert and Dancers Co. at InternationalHouse, 1414 E 59. The cost of the classis $3 and will run through August 27.Call 753-2274The Great Eastern Temple: Treasures ofJapanese Art from Todai-ji This exhibitfeatures sacred objects from the temple/monastary at Nara, the center of Jap¬anese Buddhism. Get down to the ArtInstitute and take a look 443-3500The Heart of Creation: The Art MartinRamirez An exhibition of figurativedrawings created in a mental institutionby an “outsider” artist. Ramirez workopens at the Chicago Public LibraryCultural Center in the Randolph Gallery,78 E Washington, Throuqh Auq 30,744-8928Nancy Dwyer. Annette Lemieux, FrankMajore. Steve Miller. Peggy Nagy andTim Rollins + K.O.S. will be exhibitedin a group show organized by Josh Baer(New York Gallery owner and exhibitor)and Rhona Hoffman at the RhonaHoffman Gallery, 215 W Superior, fromnow until Aug 29. Summer hours areMon-Fri 10 to 5:30 In an art worldseason when discussion has centeredlargely on the novelty of the new ab¬straction’ in painting, the work of thesesix New York artists defies such easycategorization. And rightly so. Cate¬gories and simple definitions imply asense of certainty and sureness aboutthe world in which we live But from ourvantage point in the latter part of the1980s such certainty seems somewhatmisplaced As artist Richard Prince hasremarked, ‘...uncertainty is the onlything I can be certain of right now.”—Rosetta Brooks. Rhona Hoffman Gal¬leryThe Gods of Amageddon This exhibitionfeatures objects from the Oriental In¬stitute's permanent collection The in¬ stallation approximates the plan of theCanaamte fortress temple excavated byOriental Institute archaeologists atMegiddo, the Biblical Armageddon, dur¬ing the 1930's, and highlights a gildedfigure of the Cansanite god Baai A freedetailed brochure accompanies the ex¬hibition. At the Oriental Institute Mu¬seum. 1155 E 58. through August 31.962-9520Photographs of Italy and CanadianFrontier Life Two photography exhibi¬tions: Portraits of Italy: Photographs byRegina Deluise. and A Delicate Wilder¬ness: The Photography of Elliott Barnes1905-1914 open this July at the ChicagoPublic Library Cultural Center, 78 EWashington, and run throuqh Auqust,744-892820th New Horizons in Art” exhibition ofworks by Illinois artists, in the ExhibitHall of the Chicago Public Library Cul¬tural Center, 78 E Washington, throughSept 20. 744-8928.Robert Barnes 1956-1984 A survey at theHyde Park Art Center and the Ren¬aissance Society. 1701 E 53 and 5811 SEllis, through August 24. 324-5520 and962-8670German Art, Architecture, and Design“Mies,” Made in Germany.” andBauhaus," three exhibitions exploringGerman influence in art, architecture,and design, will be featured at Chic¬ago's Museum of Science and Industry.57th and Lake Shore. Now through Sept1.9:30 am to 5 30 pm daily.“Aggregate:” Six Chicago Abstraction¬ists Six Chicago artists explore therelationship between contemporary ci¬vilization and nature through their ab¬stract art Perhaps that means our rela¬tionship with nature is an abstract one atbest? At least Marx would agree. Comeover and decide for yourself at the Stateof Illinois Art Gallery, on the second floorof the State of Illinois Center (Randolphand Clark). — SK It is open Mon-Fn 10 to6, admission is free. 917-5322The Rhythm Method The City, the clubthat features Thursday-night mud¬wrestling, is now featuring The OnlyBand That Matters on Wednesday,August 13, 7:00 pm sharp. An all-agesshow at The City, 15732 S. Halsted inHarvey. Call 333-2233 for directions.Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis Thirtyyears later, the fat man and the killershould still be rocking hard, at theHoliday Star Theatre. I-65 and US 30.Merrillville, IN. Saturday, 7 and 10:30pm. 734-7266Everly Brothers, the Nylons The EverlyBrothers are. if nothing else, still aliveThe Nylons are a super cool white acapella group At Ravinia, way the fuckout in Highland Park, tonight, 8 pmSeats $14 $16, lawn passes $6The Roy Haynes Ensemble Straightahead jazz at Joe Segal’s Jazz Show¬case 636 S Michigan, Tonight throughSun Tonight and tomorrow 9, 11, and 1Sun 8:30 and 10:30 427-4300Judas Priest, Krokus. Vomit rock icon,and a vomit rock court jester, Sun atPoplar Creek, Rts 59 and 72, HoffmanEstates 559-1212Bonnie Koloc will sing songs about whalesand cocks during a live broadcast ofWBEZ s The Flea Market At Navy Pier.Sun, 5-7 pm 890-8225Koko Taylor 1985 Grammy winner KokoTaylor and her Blues Machine plus theLonnie Brooks Blues Band will rockhouse at Biddy Milligans, 7644 N Sheri¬dan, tonight and tomorrow 761-6532Temptations. Four Tops So they’re a littlefat, so they're a little old. so they'vegraced the same stage as Hall andOates, they still can shake it likesyncopated jelly at Poplar Creek, tomor¬row, 8 pm. 559-1212Dallo Local reggae greats at the WildHare, 3530 N Clark, tonight and tomor¬row For more info call 327-0800The Glenn Miller Orchestra WGN pre¬sents a romantic evening of dancing andsipping overpriced drinks at the ParkWest. 322 W Armitage Tonight 8 pm.$10 929-5959Corrosion of Conformity. Straw Dogs,Sacrifice Corrosion of Conformity recordon Metal Blade/Death Records StrawDogs include former members of theFUs Sacrifice are from Toronto Tonightat Cabaret Metro, 3730 N Clark, 6:30pm 549-0203Psychic T V. The Genesis P Orrioge halfof Throbbing Gristle The show will in¬clude not only music but lots of TVs.genital mutilation, and people hangingupside down At Cabaret Metro, 3730 NClark, Sat. 11 pm, 21 and over 549-0203Crime and the City Solution, with Kill-dozer and Texas Chainsaw ExperienceCrime and the City Solution includesRowland Howard and Mick Harvey for¬merly of the Birthday Party, as well as asinger who wishes he was also formerlyof the Birthday Party To me. th.s bandhas always sounded like the BD Partyon an off day Still, the show should be a pretty angsty-deathy experience. AtCabaret Metro, same address as above,Thur, all ages 549-0203Live Jazz Tue-Fri at Cafe Angelo TonightChuck King, Tue Tommy Ponce, WedGerry Grossman, Thur the Ray BaileyTrio. Wabash and Wacker For more infocall 332-3370.Junior Wells The Godfather of the Bluesand world's greatest living harmonicaplayer will perform tonight and tomorrowat Kingston Mines, 2548 N Halsted 477-4646Squirrel Bait, Volcano Suns, GG Allen,and the Scumfucks A Homestead Re¬cords free-for-all at Exit, 1653 N Wells,Sun. 440-0535A C Reed and the Spark Plugs Live localblues at Rosa's Lounge. 3420 W Armit¬age. Tonight and tomorrow 342-0452A Cole Porter Celebration The ChicagoSymphony Orchestra with Erich Kunzel,Conductor, will perform selections fromAnything Goes, Paris, DuBarry was aLady, Broadway Melody of 1940, Can-Can, Bom to Dance, Silk Stockings, ThePirate, and Kiss Me Kate At Ravinia.Sunday, 7:30 pm For more info dial R-A-V-l-N-l-A.Big Band Blockbuster The Count BasieOrchestra (Thad Jones, Director), JoeWilliams, and the Toshiko Akiyoshi JazzOrchestra will be busting blocks atRavinia, Wed, 8:00 pm Seats, $l8-$20lawn passes $5.Leo Montgomery will conduct a Modern-Traditional Jazz Band at Grand CrossingPark, 7655 S. Ingleside. Tues at 7 pm.For more info call 294-2493High Class Brass will appear with theGrant Park Pops for two concerts of alloriginal material at the Petrillo MusicShell, located in the park at Jackson andColumbus Drive Tomorrow at 3:30 pm,and Sun at 7 pm. Free. For more infocall 663-0600Buck's Stove and Range Co. will playBluegrass and Country at the Point.Sun, 3 pm, FreeFILMRaging Bull (Marlin Scorsese. 1980) Abrutal film, almost unbearably so, but agreat one, this somewhat fictionalizedbiography of boxer Jake LaMotta repre¬sents the modern American cinema atits best, with a searing performancefrom Robert DeNiro, the glowing blackand white photography of MichaelChapman, and, above all, the pass¬ionately intelligent direction of MartinScorsese As good as it gets Friday at 7and 9 30. Cobb Hall. $2.50Gallipoli (Peter Weir, 1981) Entertaining,well-crafted, but ultimately cloying,Gallipoli shows us war not as hell, butas a GO fashion layout. Weir went on tomake far better films (The Year of LivingDangerously and Witness), and his tal¬ent is not entirely hidden here, butGallipoli is probably mainly of interest toconnoisseurs of homo-erotic campSaturday at 7 and 9. Cobb Hall, $2 50Reckless Moment (Max Ophuls, 1949) Afilm noir with Joan Bennett and JamesMason; one of Ophuls few Americanfeatures, this could be pretty interesting.Tuesday at 8. Cobb Hall. $2 50Man s Castle (Frank Borzage. 1933)Wednesday at 8. Cobb Hall. $2 50Creature from the Haunted Sea (RogerCorman, 1957) and Comedy of Terrors(Jacques Tourneur. 1963) A double billof camp horror from American Inter¬national, representing the famed pro¬duction company at its trashiest and itstomest. The trash is Creature, one ofAlP's notoriously cheap monsterchiller” features The tone is providedby Comedy, which features, wonder ofwonders, real actors (Vincent Price,Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and BasilRathbone). a respectable screenplay (byRichard Matheson) and a talented director Trouble is, it still isn't very good,though the curious should by all meanscheck it out. Thursday, Creature at 7.Comedy at 8 15. Cobb Hall. $2 50Heartburn (Mike Nichols. 1986) WhatHappened7 Nora Ephron's hilarious,gossipy novel of marital infidelity hasThe Rhythm Method: Come One Come All become an inexplicably tasteful vehiclefor pathos-queen Meryl Streep. A fewscenes have some zip, thanks mainly tothe excellent supporting cast, but noth¬ing adds up — it’s just one damn thingafter another Even the resourceful JackNicholson seems at a loss, careeningdesperately between sly underplayingand uncontrolled hamming. It’s notpainful, just unsatisfying, though it mayhave a certain fascination for some asan example of a Hollywood star vehiclemanque. Water Tower, Ford City, andelsewhereLianna (John Sayles, 1985) Written, direc¬ted and edited by John Sayles (Return ofThe Secaucus Seven), Lianna is a con¬temporary drama of a woman coming toterms with her sexuality. Lianna, ahousewife and mother, returns to collegeand unexpectedly falls in love with Ruth,her child psychology teacher WhenLianna decides to pursue the relation¬ship, her husband orders her from thehouse and forbids her to see her chil¬dren. Her best friend ignores her, sud¬denly afraid of someone she has knownfor years. “Lianna is an intelligent, per¬ceptive movie And the performances,especially by Griffiths and Hallaren, areso specific that we’re never looking at‘lesbians'—only at people.”—RogerEbert. Movie Home Companion. At I-House, 1414 E 59. Sun at 8 pm. $2.50.753-2274THEATERThe Rack by Avant Garfielde Continuesthis weekend. “Followers of Avant Gar¬fielde realize the group attaches greatimportance to themes and ideas, ratherthan emphasizing trendy' skits. Criticismof conventional morality, of failed com¬munications, of intellectual falseness,and of prejudice, timeless subjects all.permeate the group’s efforts at Jimmy’s,and now at The Rack, and link themtogether in a unifying chain..The Rack,then, is not a show about filth andcruelty; a program which consisted sim¬ply of dismembered body organs, andsadists talking would be no fun at all.This show is about people’s reactions tosuch nastiness The results are good,the general quality of the skits is high,the songs are witty, the choreographyand direction [are] crisp, and the theateris air conditioned.” —GCJ, 7/18/86 Atthe Theater Shoppe. 2636 N Lincoln, Satat 8. and Sun at 7 241-5867 —PRSisterly Feelings by Alan Ayckbourn.University Theater presents a 1979comedy about deceit, lust, betrayal, andthe role which plays in people's livesThe play has interchangeable middleacts, leading to four possible ar¬rangements of this story of two sisters,one married, the other saddled with ascrofulous boy friend, who drop every¬thing to pursue the ideal man Thedirection the play takes is determined bya com toss in the first scene, and later bya decision made on stage by one of theother sisters Hence, to see all the pos¬sible scenes in the play, one must see ittwice Tickets to the show are availableat the door to the theater: $4 buys youone performance, $5 buys you both, andthat is a bargain Fri thru Sun in the FirstFloor Theater. Reynold’s ClubAmerican Players Theater A criticallyacclaimeo company performs Shake¬speare and Chekhov in the open air atSpring Green. Wisconsin, if you have acar or some wings Their repetoire in¬cludes Hamlet. The Comedy of Errors.and several one acts by Chekhov. ThruOctober at Spring Green. 608-588-2361Medea oy Euripides As adapted by poetRobinson Jeffers, the lady does somereal bad things to her children whenlover Jason spurns her It's sort of likeAliens. Rejoice Repertory Theater Com¬pany. thru Aug 17 at the Pavillion of theArts. 1529 N Wells 467-6518Little Shop of Horrors by Roger Cormanat the Candlelight Dinner PlayhouseSomehow I find the notion of peoplehaving a tuck-in feast, and then watchinga musical about a man-eating plantrather amusing, myself 5620 S HarlemAve 496-3000Correction We regret that Letter to Brezhnev: A Case of Mistaken Genre was givenan incorrect byline. The author of that article was Sharon PeshkinGrey City Journal 8 August 861212 East 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637Staff. Stephanie Bacon, Steve Best. Brett Bobley, Michele Marie Bonnarens.Jeff Brill, Carole Byrd, John Conlon, Gideon D'Arcangelo, Frederick Dolan,Andrew Halpern, Justine Kalas, Stefan Kertesz, Bruce King, Mike Kotze,Carolyn Mancuso. Nadine McGann, David McNulty, Miles Mendenhall, DavidMiller, Patrick Moxey. Brian Mulligan, Jordan Orlando, John Porter, LauraRebeck, Geoffrey Rees, Max Renn, Paul Reubens, Laura Saltz, Rachel Saltz,Sahotra Sarkar, Ann Schaefer, Wayne Scott, Mark Toma. Bob Travis, AnnWhitney. Ken Wissoker, Rick WojcikProduction: Steven K Amsterdam, Anjali K. Fedson, Steven Leslie, Laura SaltzEditors: Steven K Amsterdam, Anjali K. FedsonGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1986—3CONFESSIONS OF A SATANIC DREAMERby G. SechlerOf course, the antecedents of thedream are obvious — that evening I sawthe premiere of T—’s latest film about theelderly caretaker of a wax museum andher relationship with the macabre dior¬amas of murders and murderers. R— andI stopped for a few beers after the film,and I smoked a bit of grass before bed.The night before while playing at Tarot Idrew the same cards twice in a row. Thislast bears some explanation.S— had bought a pack of Tarot cards atsome garage sale, but without instruc¬tions. Not remembering the standardTarot setups, I devise two separategames: The first is simple — three cardswhich summarize past-present-future. Thesecond is more complex—three cardseach for personality,’ three cards linkingeach of us to another, and one card in themiddle to interpret the rest by. The centercard is the Star, the link cards are asfollows:S— and F— are linked by Justice,S— and myself by the High Priest, andF— and I by the Judgement. I try tointerpret the cards. S— has upside-downLovers, Temperance, and Wheel of For¬tune. I tell her that this means she’s livinga restrained lifestyle while coming toterms with the future and her place in theworld. F— has upside-down Tower,upside-down World, and ??. I interpret thisas signifying his repudiation of ivory-towerremoval and aloofness in favor of par¬ticipation in everyday life — “going for thegusto.” They seem withdrawn and pen¬sive, like I’ve hit upon something, but then *XOIH¥HD 3HJLI know that S— has been searching for ameaningful job that she might turn into acareer, and I knew F— when he was awithdrawn outsider; he seems much moreaffable and at ease these days. My cardsare the Sun, the Devil, and upside-downChariot. I say that it means that I’mschizophrenic and never finish anythingthat I undertake, with the caveat that it’salways hard to interpret your own cards.I’m only half joking... Has S— noticed thatI had drawn the same three cards for past-present-future? Is that why she seems sobemused? The innocent happy past, thedark unknowable unredeemed present,and the future... madness? The Star —the eerie half-light of the night; wizardscloaked in blue caps bearing celestialemblems while the planets reel and collidein their orbits...I had jokingly referred to myself as“voo-doo” yesterday or the day beforewhile talking with some new acquaint¬ances. They seemed to stiffen, uneasywith that. Perhaps one shouldn’t jokeabout these things...Enough introduction, on to the dreambefore it slips back into the twilight... I’mwriting this in an extreme state of par¬anoia, I’m jumpy, on edge, my nervesjangled. I keep looking at the door as if Iexpect it to open...I understand that dreaming allows acertain fantastic license which one doesn’tenjoy in waking life — even so, I know thatI’m writing this down, recording it like anycivilized being in order the objectify it, tobring it to the light of day, and so partially nullify its fighteningly electric sensuality,its sheer primal terror. Think of the filmThe Last Wave, or a B-movie I saw oncecalled The Brotherhood of the Bell — it’sscariest when you can’t separate dream¬time from waking life. I couldn’t dis¬tinguish the dream as a dream whiledreaming it; if I had been roused and toldto confess, I would have done so freely,perhaps even cheerfully...The dream is a sequel to one in which Imurdered an old woman whom I liked andwho was kind to me; for no particularreason, it just sort of happened — ininexorable stream of isolated events,leading to apocalypse — like Lenny’smurder in Of Mice and Men. In that dreamI had slept with the old woman (to pleaseher, because I thought highly of her); inthe end I killed her. I don’t remember how.The police were baffled; oddly, I wasnever questioned, though I think I was herroomer of something similar. Is it the lot ofus moderns (perhaps it is the fault oftelevision) to dream serial dreams andcommit serial murders?In this dream, I’m sleeping in a dor¬mitory room with R— (a sensual darkness;a rather good-looking young man hadstarted a conversation with me before thefilm by telling me that I was cute). There isa lighted candle in the room. The sheetsare clean and white. R— suspects thetruth, and is making thinly veiled hints tothe effect that I should confess to thepolice. Is R— my conscience? I’m im¬patient with this, but it instills in me thecriminal’s paranoia — only a matter oftime before I’m caught, what will I say?and I start making up answers to ques¬tions the police will ask me. I can’tremember how I killed her.The scene changes to an old house ona quiet street. I’m sleeping there now —they’ve put me here since there’s no roomat the old place — they’re treating mewell, as if I were ill; they must know that Iwas the old woman’s friend, they mustthink I’m sad. I can see out of the largewindows onto the dark quiet street. Is theman standing by the car in the shadows apoliceman? I’m relieved when he drivesoff. If they ask me why my hair was foundin the old woman’s bed I’ll say that Inapped there sometimes while she pre¬pared dinner... I put out my cigarette inthe ashtray on the bureau, meticulouslyextinguishing the small burning emberswhich drops to the floor like globules ofbrightly burning liquid. I wonder idly whenthe police will come for me, how I willdeny everything. I drift off. A very prettyvivacious girl comes in. She’s at the otherhouse. We chat. She’s delightful. Sheclimbs on top of me, and smiling prettilykisses me slowly and langourously. Shegets up, “See you.” I protest, don’t go. That wasn’t anything special, she teases...Then she relents, and promises to stay;first she must go retrieve something. I tryto put out of my mind the thought thatshe’s really police and will try to get me totalk in my sleep. Her boyfriend comes in,suspicious, waiting, saying nothing,watching me from the shadows with hisintense eyes. Her manner changes toapologetic, she’s using her hands, gestur¬ing helplessly. She can’t stay now. I’mdisappointed, but wish her a pleasantgood night as she leaves with him. Whereare the police, I wonder impatiently. Arethey that stupid? Maybe I’ll get away withit? Just keep your nerve, I tell myself.Again the scene changes, to my child¬hood home, tropically humid and lush,surreal. I run along the remains of theancient narrow-gauge railroad, across theroad into the Forney’s yard through thehedge; the opening for the track throughthe hedge is overgrown, untrimmed. Downthe hill, still following the track; one of therails becomes more and more effaced 'tilit disappears, obscured by the asphalt ofthe road. At the fork I follow the leftbranch for a while, skipping now. I run intoMrs. Biehle; she’s with her sons Paul andJonny, but she’s really Mrs. Sapper. Shesmiles at me knowingly. Does she sus¬pect? I wonder. I lend Jonny sixty cents sothat he can go buy candy or something.Mrs. Biehle (Sapper) and I sit in the grasswhile we watch a telephone repairman de¬construct a telephone pole across theroad. She chatters on. I’m not listening.I’m wondering what I’ll say to the policewhen they question me...POEMS BY TBLUntitledExorcist chantsfrenzy their dance.An antigen's ciutch becomesa comrade’s embrace.A pint of scotch fuelstheir pauzersfor a week.d(zaz[otte ^ihtzomezReal ditate do.1638 EAST 55TH STREETCHICAGO. ILLINOIS 60615312/493-0666We don’t want to be the biggest - Just the best.TO SETTLE ESTATE - MUST BE SOLD.Just listed on Everett near 55th - Six room condohas nice front balcony and private back porch. Twobaths, three bedrooms - smallish kitchen but big pan¬try “like the old days.” $64,500 or offer.LOOKING FOR A HOUSE?Why not a iarge greystone Victorian updatedrowhouse? Complete new kitchen Extra roomseverywhere All systems good. 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Perhapsthe true genius of the new tourism propagandalies in the fact that, in Illinois at least, itoriginates in a town that has nothing eise goingfor it. I speak, of course, of Springfield. At the1985 Illinois History Symposium the directors ofthe governor’s new history agency spoke atlength of the need to "sell” Lincoln moreeffectively. This was a bit odd in a town whoseentire economy is devoted to the sale of HonestAbe In addition to the tomb (actually quitespectacular), the house (with the three holeouthouse in back) and the law office (with"period” furniture, since Henry Ford stole theactual stuff years ago), Springfield boasts Lin¬coln Land Community College and the trulyhorrific Linkon Auto Parts. But a look at thetelephone directory makes clear that this doesnot begin to exhaust the mercantile uses of thegreat man’s nameUntil a few years ago Springfield was anindustrial city. The Illinois Watch factory, theFiat-Allis Truck plant and a whole slew of othermajor employers have all either folded or leftSpringfield is a post-industrial wasteland whosepopulation of 100.000 is rapidly aging becausethere are no jobs for the young outside of aflourishing fast food strip. The state is by far themajor employer although two hospitals and aninsurance company round out the economicscene. The centrality of state jobs for thesurvival of Springfield's residents gives localsocial life a peculiar air of desperation. We’renot dealing with Washington DC’s civil servicecommunity, who grumble when the wrong partyin power frustrates them in what are essentiallytenured positions. We’re dealing with old fash¬ioned machine patronage that makes everyonelook nervously around before talking politics inpublic. Over this domain reigns Jim Edgar,Secretary of State. You may have seen hissignature on your driver's license. In Springfieldhe is on TV almost every night.Edgar is the Illinois patronage king. TheSecretary of State oversees a whole grab bagof activities but the motor vehicles divisionprovides the core of his patronage, thousandsof jobs that require little or no skill. When Edgardeclared his candidacy for reelection last fallhundreds of state workers got personal phonecalls demanding their attendance at his rally.The capitol rotunda was packed with cheeringstate workers, all supplied with signs andbuttons at the entrances. While the bandplayed patriotic medleys the workers cheeredand waved signs for the TV cameras. Organ¬ized hypocrisy is never a pretty sight. A senseof shared degradation pervaded the room; theworkers stole eye-rolling glances at one anotherwhenever the cameras turned toward the dias.But Edgar was undaunted. After a thrillingspeech in which he promised to make librariesaccessable to the illiterate, he thanked thecheering multitude for voluntarily giving up theirlunch hours to cheer him on. To make the insultcomplete he added that he expected them all tobe back at their desks by one o’clock. Thisdrew laughter, the first genuine response by theaudience to the whole affair. That evening thelocal news played it straight. Look how popularEdgar is with his workers here in Springfield.Some Good Places to Eat Park ScenesFrom professionals to keypunches to jani¬tors, every state job in Springfield is tied to theRepublican machine The civil service formsand tests are jokes After going through thepaperwork the applicant still must pass musterwith what everyone calls the patronage office.This requires Republican credentials from acounty chairman for a white collar or a precinctcaptain for a blue collar job. One professionalworker in Edgar's domain explained that hedoes not vote in primaries since he tong agodiscovered that it was a bad career move. Thatwas his way of telling me that he probably votesDemocratic in general elections, where we havea secret ballot in this country for just thatreason. Now I don’t mean to imply that theRepublicans have a monopoly on political cor¬ruption and patronage politics. A cursory look atChicago will dispel that misconception. But thenext time you hear an Illinois Republican decrythe Chicago Democratic machine, rememberthat Republicans in power are equally andidentically sleazy. We just don’t see it as clearlyfrom our 200 mile vantage point in Chicago.Perhaps it is the tragedy of the civil rightsmovement that Black Americans begin to de¬mand their fair share of the pie at exactly themoment when the pie itself starts shrinking. InSpringfield the blacks are finally awakening,organizing a political struggle to get more ofless. Springfield has a long tradition of racism.Today the city is still rigidly segregated byrailroad tracks that isolate the Black east side,though there is talk among nervous whitehomeowners of west side block busting. Springfield has a commission form of government in which the council is composed ofcommissioners elected at large. Comprisingless than twenty per cent of the population, theBlacks have never elected a commissionerMore than that, three of the five presentcommissioners are literally neighbors in onewest side neighborhood. As a response to theReagan administration’s curtailment of revenuesharing, the Springfield city council closed aneast side library branch and the municipal pool,also on the east side. It couldn't have beenmore obvious.Encouraged by similar recent victories insouthern cities, some east side Black citizens(known in Springfield anonymously as "theplaintiffs") are suing the city under the VotingRights Act to change the form of government toa ward-aldermanic system, known in Illinois lawas the "strong mayor” form of government. Thecommissioners are desperately grasping formeans to keep the suit out of court but, failingthat, are quite willing to spend large sums ofmoney in doomed litigation On one pointeveryone seems to agree if the suit actuallydoes come to a judicial decision, the Blacks willwin. The commissioners warn of the dangers ofa ward-aldermanic government, primarily thatSpringfield will somehow "become like Chic¬ago.” They don't specify just what in Chicago'sexample is particularly scary, and they seem toimply that the general confusion of council warsis the threat, but clearly the prospect of Blackpeople with power terrifies them even thoughthe Blacks would not be nearly strong enoughto elect a mayor or more than a pressure blockof east side aldermen.Last spring the council offered an amazinglyhypocritical "compromise.” They would hold acitywide referendum to decide whether tochange the form of government if “the plain¬tiffs" would drop the suit. Such a referendum,because citywide, would automatically vindicatethe commissioners When this gambit failed,intensive talks ensued. Out of these talksemerged a more realistic compromise. The citywould hold a referendum in which the presentcommission form was not one of the choices.Voters would choose between an "expandedcommission” form (commissioners plus al¬derman elected from wards) and a "strongmayor" form. Mayor Mike Houston (the Re¬publican candidate for state treasurer next fall)and James Craven, attorney for "the plaintiffs,"triumphantly announced the compromise in apress conference all but drowned out by tor¬nado sirens. It seemed for a few days that asettlement had been reached. But some of thecommissioners had second thoughts. An angryeditorial in the local paper, the Illinois StateRegister (on most issues to the right of Reagan)and some wishy-washy attacks by the city’sChamber of Commerce, urged the refractory commissioners on.The original referendum proposal was revi¬ved, though this time as a non-binding appealto the electorate for its opinion Such animportant question, the commissioners nowinsisted, should not be decided undemocratic-ally; the people must have their say Yet thedeadline for placing the referendum on theballot had passed and the courts indicated littlesympathy for classifying it as an "emergency”measure that could be declared exempt fromthe deadline. Judicial decision now appearedinevitable, though the full exercise of legaldelays will postpone a final settlement for sometime to come And the feverish commissionersmay have new out-of-court compromises tooffer in the months aheadYet if "the plaintiffs" do win aldermen, whatwill they win? They will gam some leverageover city planning decisions. This is important,since an organized east side protest against aroad extension that cut a dangerous highwaythrough a residential neighborhood failed ut¬terly last fall in the absence of east siderepresentation. They could insist on some pe¬destrian overpasses to lower the number ofaccidental deaths at the many grade levelrailroad crossings on the east side They mighttry to institute municipal garbage collection.Currently Springfield residents contract with aprivate company for garbage removal. The eastside is infested with rats since many residentscannot afford to pay for the service; this addsfuel to the block busting stereotype of Blacks asunwilling to take care of property. But they willnot win jobs. To do this they will have to playball in Jim Edgar’s court. They will have to gaminfluence on a state level through either pa¬tronage within the Edgar-Thompson machine orelse a pro-industrial commitment by state gov¬ernmentThompson is committed to a "service econ¬omy" future. He heralds tourism as a solutionto unemployment. Aside from the obvious limi¬tations of Illinois’ climate to a year roundtourism industry, such a strategy is a cynicalresponse to the deindustrialization of Illinois Itmay well provide jobs but these will be lowpaying, seasonal and non-union Republicanswho bandy about terms like “informationalsociety" must know that they are consigningthe former industrial working class to the worstof all possible employments: insecure, uns¬teady and powerless. Perhaps GovernorThompson wants to remake the whole stateafter Springfield's image But as any Springfieldresident will tell you. the governor does not livethere He prefers Chicago Maybe Jim Edgar isthe policy genius here If Thompson decidesnot to run tor term number five in 1990. look forEdgar to boast experience and administrativeknow-how He’ll make the state into one largeSpringfield Look outGREY CITY JOURNAL-FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1986—7by John Conlon and Steven LeslieSaluting Chicago as an international symbolof workers’ struggles and the fight for civilrights, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortegaaddressed an enthusiastic crowd of over 1,000at Operation PUSH last Saturday. After review¬ing some of the problems facing Nicaragua dueto the US backed war, Ortega presented aneight point proposal for peace in Central Amer¬ica that he and the Reverend Jesse Jacksonhad drafted He called their proposal “TheChicago Plan.”The eight points are:1) The Government of Nicaragua will establisha dialogue with the Vatican on relations be¬tween the Church and State.2) The establishment of a dialogue to whichbishops of Nicaragua are invited.3) The United States and Nicaragua will reaf¬firm the search for peace in Central Americathrough the Contadora process. On September15, Central American Independence Day theywill sign a peace agreement based upon that framework.4) The Government of Nicaragua invites LaPrensa to adjust its behavior and break its tieswith our enemies. If La Prensa agrees it will beallowed to be reinstated.5) The Government of Nicaragua invites theUS to follow the ruling of the International Courtof Justice.6) The Government of Nicaragua calls on theUS to enter negotiations for a treaty of peaceand friendship which woulda) respect the legitimate security interests ofboth countries, andb) respect international law7) Establish Central America as a demilitarizedzone and a zone of peace8) To the countries of Costa Rica ahd Hon¬duras, Nicaragua proposes joint border patrolforcesFinally, Ortega invited Reagan to visit Nic¬aragua saying, "He will have an advantagebecause we will cover him in our papers andbroadcast his speeches. ”in the Sandinista cabinet, the church hi¬erarchy has remained unalterably op¬posed to the aims of the revolution. As aresult the church has effectively split, withthe decentralized ‘ popular church” sup¬porting the government and organizing thefaithful among the poor there. Relationswith the hierarchy have recently beenparticularly tense, and although the firsttwo of Ortega's eight points concernedmediation with the church there appearslittle hope for real compromise (An em¬barrassing photograph of Bishop Obandoy Bravo circulating in Nicaragua showshim in the mid-1970’s being embraced byAnatasio Somoza.).Ortega himself has become an imme¬diate symbol in America of the Sandinistagovernment. But in his visit to America hedid not come across as the ‘‘dictator indesigner glasses” as the Reagan admin¬istration has tried to depict him. He deliv¬ered his speeches in Spanish, often withhis wife Rosario Munillo translating, andinstead of being fiery and humorless, heactually spoke quietly and thoughtfully ofNicaragua and the troubles there.For all the years Ortega spent as aguerilla fighter against the Somoza gov¬ernment, his opponents, the contra com¬manders, served in Somoza's NationalGuard. Just like under Somoza the contraleaders siphon off funds enrich their ownoff-shore bank accounts, and brutalizetheir opponents. Now though they nolonger plunder all of Nicaragua, they haveonly a US aid appropriation to misuse,and which they nearly lost in the lastround of congressional oversight.For years now the contras have tried toactually seize a section of Nicaragua anddeclare their own government. But theNicaraguan army has continually defeatedthem. Contra leaders now are bankingupon the $100 million that Congress isconsidering. That appropriation has justbeen passed by a key Senate committeeand now goes to the Senate floor whereopponents of contra funding, includingDemocrat Paul Simon of Illinois, areplanning a filibuster. Already the aid billhas been sweetened with $300 millionearmarked for the Central American alliesof the United States so that they will quitgrumbling about sheltering the contras. Itappears that the filibuster could not bebroken unless a deal is cut in the Senate.Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole pro¬posed earlier this week that if anti-contralegislators allowed this package to pass,he would let the South African sanctionsmeasure come to a vote before the fullSenate. But his offer was rejected.Contra aid and the war in CentralAmerican are dangerously close to gettinga big boost. On his visit to the USNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hadto take his case directly to the Americanpeople. The Reagan administration is notgoing to listen to talk of peace. They aretoo busy keeping the conflict going. NowOrtega has returned to war-racked Nic¬aragua, but it is the United States ofAmerica that stands convicted of violatingthose international principles which couldmake this planet a civilized place.SANDINISTA REACHES HYDE PARKwithout,” Ortega said, “and they want tobe an inside front like in Chile.”Ortega emphasized the right to freeexpression in Nicaragua, pointing to thedomestic opposition parties, the existenceof independent media, and the easy ac¬cess to American TV and publications.“What do we gain from burying ideas,” hesaid, “our revolution is about new ideas.”For most Nicaraguans the revolutionhas meant improvement of their lives. Thewell-known reading program that broughtthe literacy rate in the country from 11%of the population to over 75% of allNicaraguans was just one of many socialprograms in an entire Sandinista policywhich favors the poor over the rich. Landwas taken from the cronies of the deposeddictator Somoza or from other big proper-tyowners and parceled out to previouslylandless peasants. Free elections wereheld in 1984 in Nicaragua for the first timein half a century As Ortega himself statedthe case “Our people are religious Chris¬tians, and as Christians we told the richthat we have to share the wealth.”In Nicaragua the most divided in¬stitution is the Roman Catholic Church.While priests like Ernesto Cardenal servea formidable military and have taken ac¬tion against domestic backers of the con¬tras on a wartime footing. They closed theopposition paper La Prensa which hadsupported American war efforts, and didnot allow Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega toreturn to Nicaragua after he visited andspoke at contra bases in Honduras. “Ifsomeone takes the side of the enemy it istreason,” Ortega said in defending hisgovernment’s policies, in the present stateof war, he maintained, it was necessary tocensor military information and in this wayLa Prensa was breaking the law Ortegaobliquely comparea ls Prensa’s role tothat of CIA-supported paper El Mercurio inChile before the military coup that over¬threw the popularly-elected Salvador Al-lende in 1973. "We are attacked fromcontinued from page 1aid bill. Even now before final passage thecontras have begun more operations in¬side Nicaragua and have recently beenblamed for a series of mine explosionswhich have killed 13.000 Nicaraguans,mostly civilians, but the destruction theyhave caused and the damage they havewrought on the country's economy havemade every Nicaraguan a victim of thewar.In Honduras where the contras arebased American armed forces have builtall the infrastructure needed for a pro¬tracted war. They have constructed air¬ports, supply depots, and training centersto support the mercenary forces or forpossible American military intervention.The Nicaraguans have in response builtI 4~k 41Ilf*THE CHICAGO PLAH:JACKSON ANDORTEGA AT PUSH8—FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALK IMBARK LIQUORS & WINE SHOPPE1214 East 53rd Street • In Kimbark Plaza PRICES EFFECTIVE8/7 THRU 8/16/86493 3355TOTAL SAVINGSOLD STYLE OR BUD$799 ST. 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Marie Wester (res. 947-0557)10—FRIAY, AUGUST 8. 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALTHE WINE COUNTRYON NO FRANCS A DAYBy Bob TravisIn Agnes Varda’s recent work, Vagabond, wewitness the progression of the anti¬psychologism of the French New Wave to atotal concern for the structure of human rela¬tions, a stark behaviorism that reveals nothingof human consciousness.In brief, the film follows the misadventures ofa young woman, Mona (Sandrine Bonnaire),who drifts from place to place. Her only concernis to feed herself and her travels are punc¬tuated by countrymen who give her rides,befriend her, put her up, get her high, makelove to her, rape her, exploit her, and worryabout her. In the end, she dies a “naturaldeath,” freezing to death in a ditch. This iswhere Varda begins the story and she tries toput the pieces of Mona’s puzzling life togetherby interviewing those who knew her the monthbefore she died.Varda's thesis is that the homeless, theoutcasts of society, do not possess a psychol¬ogy — they simply are. It is only in contact withmainstream society that the homeless are psy-Mona from Vagabondchologized. Mainstream society, in its attemptto understand “them,” attributes characteristicsto outsiders, which more often than not reflectthe personality of the speaker than of the“object.” In the case of Mona, she is alter¬nately interpreted as a “whore,” a "drifter,” a"homebody," a “dreamer,” a "weird” woman,and “revolting.” All that know her have theirown conception of Mona; they all try to peer into her soul, but their perceptions are gov¬erned by their own expectations.Mona, on the other hand, has no ex¬pectations; she has neither wishes, nor desires.In one scene, a goat herder befriends her andoffers her a plot of land and a trailer. Mona,however, prefers to pass the time idly, staringinto space, while the goat herder and his wifework incessantly. One day the goat herder, whohas a master’s degree in philosophy and whoalso lives on the fringe, complains of her self¬involvement, remarking: “You are a dreamer.You don’t exist.” After her death the goatherder says that Mona did not wander so muchas wither.Indeed Mona did die young, as have many inthe counterculture and her death was bitterlyironic. It came at a time when Mona was tiredof “moving,” tired altogether. And it came at atime when she had just begun to seek outothers, albeit drifters.It is also ironic that Mona developed at¬tachments, only to see them undermined by the“social structure” of human relations. In onecase Mona is befriended by a Tunisian farmlaborer, who puts her up in his humble quar¬ters. They are drawn to each other by theconcreteness of their struggle to survive. Foronce someone understands her for what she is,but he is outside Western culture as is she. Yetwhen the other farm workers return from NorthAfrica, they vote for “no women.” Mona mustleave just as she has found her place. It is abitter departure and she cries alone, perhapsrealizing for the first time the absurdity of thehuman condition.Technically, Varda’s camerawork is simpleand direct—her whole point is to establish acertain unalterable denseness. Scene afterscene, Varda exposes us to empty, twistedbranches, faded signs outside, black stainedwalls, teetering stacks of crates, neatly piledfarm bags—all convey a simple "thereness",for there are no reference points in Mona’s lifeVarda's symbolization thus derives from thecontext of Mona’s experience in the world: theyare not superimposed. This is so because thereare no right interpretations, only many. Eachobserver is only a partial participant in the livesof others, since human behavior is irreduciblyconcreteDespite the difficult subject, Varda's style isstraightforward. She does not employ mont¬age—the camera drifts through each scene,effortlessly. Yet in the end Varda is able tooverwhelm us with information about a lost,inaccessible woman. Varda's direction com¬pliments Sandrine Bonnaire’s brilliant portrayalof a self-possessed woman out of touch withher culture. She and her kind are cut from adifferent cloth and she is everything you seeand more. This is an intelligent film that de¬serves serious attention. At the Fine Arts.Our 4thBmniycrsarnIn celebration of our AN¬NIVERSARY we’d like to ex¬tend a sincere ‘Thanks’ tothe people who made it allpossible . . . OURCLIENTS! 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Awoman third in line came up with her three-month old baby saying, “This is my daughter,Chloe—the youngest Anderson fan this side ofthe planet.”“Yep,” I said. “Even has the same hairdo ”I was promptly sent off for another cupof coffee.Home of the Brave, Anderson’s music/per¬formance art film is a film OF art, not an ArtFilm. For an hour and a half and six bucks youget the best seats in the house for a LaurieAnderson concert—complete with an on-screenaudience. The cast of accompanying musiciansare. David Van Tiegham on drums, AdrianBelew on guitar, Joy Askew on keys, BillObrecht on flute and sax. and ethnic backups.In the opening piece, everyone on stage isdisguised with masks which resemble mini¬malist pumpkin heads attacked by the EasterBunny's palette. Once the show kicks into gear,the masks are abandoned until later. Otherthan that, the movie is the usual electronicAnderson repetoire from Mr. Heartbreak with the pink airplanes, blue thunderbolts, snow,and mountains in animation on the big screenbackdrop. If I’m sounding ho-hum about it,you’re right. It was refreshing to see a bunch ofrespected artists frolic like gleeful idiots onscreen, but technically, this film is an artisticstalemate in Anderson’s careerLaurie Anderson definitely has the capabilityfor putting out a high-voltage performance, butsomehow Home of the Brave carries off like afive-year-old MTV video The progression ofAnderson as gallery installment to Anderson inconcert to Anderson on disc to Anderson onfilm ends with a period. There's nothing new.Considering that the film medium would moldeasily under Anderson’s talents. I’m surprisedwith the cop-out route taken in showing aregular concert. For those who are unfamiliarwith Anderson, Home of the Brave is anexcellent introduction—go see it. For those ofyou who want to see William S. 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The mission"to change the laws of history” begins with arigorously critical examination of her own sub¬jectivity, her political failings, and the sourcesof her strength and initiativeThese issues are not new to Rich’s writing.Her writing has been consciously political sincethe late sixties, when she became active in thewomen’s movement. In addition to brilliantpolemical writings such as "Compulsory Het¬erosexuality and Lesbian Existence,” On Lies,Secrets and Silence, and Of Woman Born, sheexplored ways of using poetry as a political tool,to suggest to women ways of connecting witheach other, in order to build solidarity In"Compulsory Heterosexuality,” she describeshow women's bonding "has been crushed,invalidated, forced into hiding and disguise" byprejudices and institutions controlled by men("Compulsory Heterosexuality.” p. 140). Shewrites that "indoctrination in male credibilityand status can...create synapses in thought,denials of feeling, wishful thinking, a profoundsexual and intellectual confusion" for women(On Lies p.15). Rich attempts in her poetry toreclaim women's right to self-determination andwomen's primary importance to each other, notonly as friends, lovers and support networks,but as mirrors of each other's experience inmale-dominated culture. In this last role,women are able to delve deeply into their ownexperience and articulate its meaning to eachother, in an atmosphere of empathy and ac¬ceptance. This process empowers women: itunites them with each other against oppression:it releases them into language.”Those who suffer from injustice most arethe least able to articulate their suffering:and that silent majority, if released intolanguage, would not be content with aperpetuation of the conditions whichhave betrayed them But this notionhangs on a special learning the jargon ofan elite, fitting unexceptionably into thestatus quo, but learning that languagecan be used as a means of changingreality (On Lies, Secrets, and Silence.P 67).Your Native Land, Your Life brings a broadunderstanding to a question that can never bepondered too deeply: what motivates the desireto make political changes, especially for politi¬cal activists whose "oppression” is qualitativelydifferent than the economic and political in¬justices faced by minorities, the poor, and otherdisadvantaged groups. Or, "From where doesGREY CITYBRUNCH 1221 your strength come?” as Rich asks herself inthe long cycle of poems called "Sources.”Everything that has ever/ helped me hascome through what already/ lay stored inme. Old things, diffuse, unnamed, liestrong across my heart./ This is fromwhere/ my strength comes, even when Imiss my strength/ even when it turns onme/ like a violent master.The language of this passage resembles asonnet from Rich's The Dream of A CommonLanguage. Here, she addresses a lover: "Yoursilence today is a pond where drowned thinglive” and explains the political importance ofhelping each other to express those inarticulaterushes of feeling, "to see [them] raised drippingand brought into the sun.” Overwhelmed bythese stopped-up memories of the past, in¬articulate, she is helpless, crippled by her ownemotionality. But the aid of empathic listener,who understands her own experiences becauseshe shares them, liberates her from this opp¬ressive silence. It is an empowering process.Rich writes:I fear this silence./ this inarticulate life.I'm waiting/ for wind that will gently openthis sheeted water/ for once, and showme what I can do/ for you, who haveoften made the unnameable nameablefor others, even for me (The Dream of aCommon Language, p 29 ).Naming and organizing the cruelties andinjustices that occur to us in our own livesprovides us with strength, both personal andpolitical. The most powerful organizing featureof her own past, for Rich, is sexual and culturaldifference. She traces her own "inarticulatelife” to having lived as a woman in a male-dominated culture, to having lived as a lesbianin a heterosexist environment, and to havinggrown up part Jewish in an assimilationistatmosphere, with an awareness of the history ofanti-semitism. These cultural facts wrested fromher a true understanding of herself and herright to self-determination. She views her dif¬ferences from dominant culture as a potentialspringboard for anger and resentment — "aviolent master" — but. once articulated, as asource of strength: "knowing the world, and myplace in it. not in order to stare with bitternessor detachment, but as a powerful and womanlyseries of choices.”In a prose poem, she describes how thelanguage of feminism helped to liberate herfrom the unorganized, ambivalent feelings thatbound her to her father, compelled her towrestle with his ideologies Her descriptioncoincides with the excitement many peoplefeel, encountering the system of sexual differ¬ence and its ability to organize their feelings,frustrations and resentments with their culture:"There was an ideology at last which let medispose of you. identify the suffering youcaused, hate you righteously as part of asystem, the kingdom of the fathers, I saw thepower and arrogance of the male as your truewatermark.” This passage serves as a compel¬ling example of the possibilities of a unionbetween "the energy of creation and theenergy of relation” (On Lies, p.249), and herreader. Rich pushes herself to articulate afeeling, a true “release into language,” that her,w www w.\\wE57THHIGH NOON ON SUNDAY reader struggles and identifies with.The type of self-understanding that emergesin these poems doesn’t arrive easily, nor dothey originate in a vacuum. Rich points out inher analysis of her father that "no person,trying to take responsibility for her or hisidentity should have to be so alone." It takesplace in dialogue, between speakers who ac¬cept one another’s feelings and experienceswithout struggle:I wasn’t looking for a muse/ only areader by whom I could not be mistaken.For Rich, this quality of unconditional regardand understanding takes place ideally betweenwomen. Her writing generates controversyamong women and men because the “reader”she prizes is a woman. More generally, sheaffirms the primacy of “independent, non¬heterosexual, woman-connected existence"("Compulsory Heterosexuality,” p. 143). Indeed,the earlier writings of Rich suffer from what Imight call the cucumber complex, a conceptionof power relations between the sexes depictedby Virginia Woolf, when she describes a "giantcucumber...spread(ing) itself over all the rosesand carnations in the garden and chok(ing)them to death” (A Room of One's Own, p.65). Idon’t mean to invalidate Rich’s claims entirely,but I do mean to point out, satirically, howoversimplified this dialectical account of maleoppression and men’s identities becomes,given the complexity and nuance she brings tothe diversity of possibilities for women’s identi¬ties.But then, it is wrong to expect of Rich a taskthat belongs to men just as Adrienne Rich looksto her woman friends and lovers for self¬definition, “changing men” should look to eachother for a broader continuum of possibilitiesfor men’s identities. “The point,” writes Rich,“is not the ‘exclusion’ of men. It is the primarypresence of women to ourselves and eachother , which is the crucible of a new language"(On Lies, p 249).Most men have yet to achieve that firmsense of self-definition based on em¬pathic ties to other men. To take afamiliar example, Alice Walker shows inher novel The Color Purple that the weakprotagonist Celie achieves a strongsense of self through her connections toother women. But Walker does not ne¬glect to describe the empathic bondingbetween Mr. and Harpo, long estranged,that brings villainous Mr. to salvation.Sofia recounts the turning point in Mr.personality: “Well, one night I walked upto tell Harpo something — and the two ofthem was just laying there in the bed fastasleep. Harpo holding his daddy in hisarms” (The Color Purple, p.201 ).This “new language” allows rich to chal¬lenge the centrality of mainstream experience,which is male-identified, heterosexist, white andNorth American. By articulating so eloquently the images of her divergent experience, sheinvests it with beauty and credibility. She givesvalue to it. And the process of naming her ownexperience enpowers others through her lan¬guage.Rich recognizes a problem in writing politi¬cally from her own experience: the danger ofbecoming self-involved and not seeing thebroader spectrum of human suffering in theworld — a contradiction emerging from thenecessity of writing cogently of her own differ¬ences without losing sight of human differencesfor which she cannot possibly provide completeempathy and understanding. Rich’s insight intothis problem permeates all levels of Your NativeLand. Your Life. She examines the solitary livesof men she has known: “It is now, under apowerful, womanly lens, that I can decipheryour suffering and deny no part of my own.”She questions her understanding of the suffer¬ing in the Holocaust: “I stare Jewish into thatloss/ for which all names become unspeak¬able.” She views her identification with Jud¬aism as central to her perception of the Hol¬ocaust, but strains to break from the ideologicaltunnel that such a strong identification canerect, remembering: "But ours was not the onlyloss."The cycle of poems "Contradiction: TrackingPoems” which conclude this collection ad¬dresses this problem through the metaphor ofthe “damaged body.” The damaged bodyrefers both to Rich's own experience of acrippling form of arthritis and, figuratively, tothe necessity of dealing actively and articulatelywith her “givens.” This attitude echoes anearlier theme in the book: “in the beginning wegrasp whatever we can to survive.” Rich at¬tempts to define the intersection of her sense ofsocial responsibility, and the conditions thatproduced that identity, which she did notchoose. But this project, though important,should not be valued over practical activismand reform of contemporary social problems:If we're in danger of mistaking/ ourpersonal trouble for the pain in thestreets/ don't listen to usRather she looks into her own past andpresent life deeply, as a springboard to under¬standing her role as a political activist, hermotivations for participating in social reforms,and her bond to disadvantaged groups.The body's pain and the pain in thestreets/ are not the same but you canlearn/ from the edges that blur/ 0 youcan love clear edges/ more than any¬thing watch the edges that blur.As the concluding passage of Your NativeLand, Your Life, this statement signifies Ad¬rienne Rich’s deepening insight into the rolehuman differences play in shaping our politicalidentities: embracing the differences, the "clearedges,” that define our identities, but recogniz¬ing “the edges that blur,” the ways our in¬dividual identities can bond us in politicalsolidarity to others, all-inclusive. “The woundedteach each other,” she writes. 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Dorchester Ave.Walk to museums, parks, the lakeSTUDIO APARTMENTSFurnished and UnfurnishedUtilities IncludedLaundry RoomSundeck • Secure BuildingCampus Bus At Our DoorCall 9-5 for appointment324-0200Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bee oomApartments AvailableSome Nice Lake ViewsGood LocationHeat IncludedParking AvailableCALLHERBERT REALT\684-2333Student Discounts9:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M.Mondav thru Friday9:00 A.M.-2 P.M.Saturday Apartment Sale Everything Goes! Bed,dresser, curtains, women's clothes, fabric,household and more Sat-Sun Aug 9-10, 10 4. 5336Greenwood #13 363 2873 for info.FOR SALE: 2 table lamps, two typewriters(one manual, one electric), small desk,woman's clothes (size small), cross-countryskis and boots, table radio, Radio Shack Mode11 computer (for kids or fun), large humidifier(sunbeam). Call 962-8196 day.CONDO FOR SALEFOR SALE: MODERN 1 BDRM CONDO inUniversity Park. Floor to ceiling windows w/stunning downtown view. Newly painted, andsparkling clean. TWO air conditioners, freeheat, 24 hour security Laundry in basement.Pool and health club, sundeck on roof. 1 blkfrom Co-op and 1C. $32,000. Call VikstromRealty, anytime. 493 0666. ASK TO SEE APT#503 N.SEEKING COACHHOUSEResponsible grad/working couple looking forliving 8, working space Need attached garagestudio Sept/Oct Carol Shawn 493 5419 947-9720.UNIVERSITY PARK2 DELUXE STUDIO apartment condos-for rentSept. 1 8, 15. Very Near UC yr. lease $449 & $479exc sec parking, avail Lynn 393-1034.MACINTOSH UPGRADES512K $195. 120 day warranty. Housecalls 400KSony disks $1.49, 800K Sony disks $2.49CYBERSYSTEMS 667 4000-M-DELICIOUS-M-NUTRiTIOUS-!-!-!-EXPEDITIOUSThe Medici on 57th delivers every menu itemfast and fresh! Try our new spinach pizza, it'ssecond to none. 667-7394.BLUES?THE CHECKERBOARDFri & Sat Buddy Scott 8, The Rib TipsSun Lefty Dizz & Shock TreatmentMon Lefty Dizz/Magic Slim Mon Nite Bluz JamTu 8, Thu Magic Slim & The TeardropsThe New Checkerboard Lounge, 423 E. 43rd St,has A/C 8. ample street parking. It has oftenbeen imitated, but it has never been duplicated.624-3240.DISSERTATIONSMacintosh dissertations are possible Call TopOf-The-Desk, Inc. at 947-0585 evenings andweekends.LASER PRINTINGLaser printing, and word Processing done byTop-Of-The-Desk, Inc. Call 947-0585 eveningsand weekends.WRONG!Chicago's Northside isNOT a cultural wasteland —It’s the home ofBell, Book & CandleFeaturing furniture andaccessories from the1850's to the 1950’sGreat prices Great Selection2409 W. Lunt 973-2858Tues.-Sat. 10:00-6:00APARTMENTSFOR RENTGRAFF &CHECK16 V E. 55th St.Spacious newly-decoratedlarge tudios, one and threebedroom apartments inquiet well-maintainedbuildings close to campus.Immediate OccupancySU8'5566 SUBJECTS NEEDEDHow do your biorhythms match your partner's?Couples needed for a study of biorhythms at theUniversity of Chicago. If you and your partnerhave been living together for at least 1 year,have no children, are Detween 20-35 years oldand would like to participate in a month longstudy, call 753 3872 and leave your name andnumber.EDWARDO'SHOT STUFFEDDelivered right to your door! Edwardo's Thesuperstars of stuffed pizza. Open late everynight Call 241-7960. 1321 E 57th. Ph 241-7960AEROBIC DANCEClasses being taught every Mon and Wed from5:30 to 6:30 pm by members of the Jan Erkertand Dancers Co. at 1-House, 1414 E 59 St. Thecost of the class is $3 and will run throughAugust 27. Call 753-2274 for details.TENSE& WORRIED?^Selected volunteers will receive 6 weeks of freetreatment for anxiety at the University ofChicago Medical Center in return for participating in a 3 week study to evaluate drugpreference. Involves only commonly prescribeddrugs. Participants must be between 21 8. 55years old and in good health. For furtherinformation call Karen at 962 3560 between 8:308. II 30am Refer to study A.MY HEART FREAKED OUTThai's what _ra/\ ahuul cocaine And all along I liedto myself Ivcjunc I was ashamed Anyone lelK youcocaine's noi addictive, they lie One night my licaitfreaked out ! thought I was going to die I risked myhealth, jail and the people w ho loved me. I knew I hadto stopCOCAINE THE BIG LIE. 1-800-662-HELP ffflColtkI4marian realtyinc caStudio and 1 BedroomApartments AvoiiaoieIn the Carolan- Students Welcome -On Campus Bus Line5480 S Cornell684-5400VC DR. MORTON R. MASIOV NOPTOMETRIST•EYE EXAMINATIONS•FASHION EYEWEAR(one year warranty on eyeglassframes and glass lenseslSPECIALIZING IN• ALL TYPES OFCONTACT LENSES•CONTACT SUPPLIESV. THE HYDE PARKSHOPPING CENTER1510 E. 55th363-6100milkmir. \rirxan Oplometnc AsvxatxnSTUDIOS ")from $343HYDE PARK WEST•On-sight security• Resident manager & engineer•Heat & electricity included•Commissary & cleaners•Laundry room•Carpeting & draperies•Convenient to transportationSM1STER WEST 285-3500,The Chicago Maroon—Friday, August 8, 1986—19a graduate affairs committee event86cqOO'> a hip and hapnin’ Saturday afternoon on the quadswith live jazz from the WILLIE PICKENS QUINTET!^ SATURDAY, AUG 9THNORTHWEST QUAD 1 ‘°4 PMjf<?°57*K 5t«geX n<?°r£Ff}£ or 0.0V°ur & tawn chairs&friends!*■. H?*iV --PSummer'' > On The QuadsFOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 11TUESDAY AUGUST 12 FREENOONTIME CONCERTBanjo Buddies, a Dixieland band, in HutchCourt.WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13SOQ FILMS“Man’s Castle” 8:00 p.m. in Cobb Hall.Admission $2.50 THURSDAY AUGUST 14 FREENOONTIME CONCERTAvant Garfielde, an Improvisation troupe, inHutch Court.FRIDAY AUGUST 15 SOQ FILMS“Winter Kills” 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. in Cobb Hall.Admission $2.50SATURDAY AUGUST 16 SOQ FILMS“Moonlighting” 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. in CobbHall. Admission $2.50