ZION “NUCLEAR PLANTWaukeganMundeleinHighland ParkBAHA'I TEMPLE■ NORTHWESTERN UNIVSEARSTOWERharlesmilesleaton ChicagoMIDWAY jAIRPORT p_imond.ChicagoHts.JolietU. of ChicagoJ Illinois Institute/ of TechnologyMcCormickMcCormickPlace ^CERMAKChicagoTAYLORDearbornParkPOLKDearborn ^Station «PBldg jrHH|The Chicago MaroonVolume 98. No. 8 The University of Chicago. ^ n ,n°£ c—^ inocVolume 98, No. 8124 pages in 3 sections ©Copyright 1986 Friday. September 26,1986Ch CBQO• MilwaukeeWaukeshaRacine,Lake Geneva* Kenosha Welcome to Chicago, III.orient East-Coasters who mightnot have realized where theMidwest was and West-Coasterswho probably didn’t care.) Inthis issue, Grey City Journal’sBob Devondorf takes readers ona walking tour of Chicago whileRick Wojik answers that eternalquestion, “Where can we godancing?”Chicago is renowned not onlyfor its dance and music, but alsofor its theatre. Some claim thatChicago produces the best orig¬inal theatre in the nation. Ar¬ticles include reports on HydePark’s reigning improvisationalgroup. Avant Garfield, and MikeSchoop writes about improv andscript acting opportunities forstudents.Acting is only one of the many rewarding activities available tostudents. (Writing for the Mar¬oon, for example, has been sci¬entifically proven to bring fame,money and dating op¬portunities.) Over 146 groupswill be gathered in Ida NoyesHall this Sunday during StudentActivities night. This section in¬cludes a map of Ida Noyes,marking the approximate loc¬ations of many of the studentorganizations.On the following page beginsthe Maroon's look at the peopleand organizations that contrib¬ute to a creative academic andsocial experience. Welcome tothe University of Chicago. Wel¬come to the city.Grey, windy days, politicalsquabbling, and modernart...Chicago is characterized bysuch images. Yet, as newcomerswill soon find out, and residentshave long since known, Chicagois more. ..much more. It will takemore than a map and a guide toorient students to this inter¬national city in the heart of theMidwest, but this issue is pre¬sented W*!.h the hope of in¬troducing newcomers not only tothe University of Chicago, thecity’s intellectual center, butalso to the people and places ofone of them ost vibrant andstimulating cities on earth —Chicago.To begin with, Chicago is inIllinois. (A map of the Midwestis included on this page to help'His.mmmOrientation Issue•t©1986 DEVARJ DESIGN PHOTO SHANOORtwenty different kinds of mustard.From Frenchs’ Mustard to FennelMustard. From naturally deliciousMiso Mustard to a variety ofsophisticated Dijons.So next time you’re lookingfor a great mustard, come to agrocer who can’t cut it.Mr. G.Or the fresh, whole beancoffee. Or the imported chocolate.Or the gourmet cookies. Or eventhe hard-to-find Chinese cookingingredients.See, Bill Gerstein, Mr. G,sees to it that you have the bestselection around.That’s why he stocks over& KIMBARK.MR. G'S. 53RDYOU'RE LOOKING ATA MAN WHO CANT CUT THE MUSTARD.2—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986Table ofContentsWelcome to the MaroonTable of ContentsNew faces & other newsAnother Alexopoulous restaurantgoneVolunteeringActivities night in IdaSilent VoicesRestaurants of Hyde ParkWhat the hell is it & BloomCountySportsNew conferenceVolleyball, football, & ArzouAhsanTear-out calendar of athleticsEditorials page 1page 3page 4page 8page 9. pages 15-20page 22pages 24 & 25page 29page 30page 31page 3355th & Hvde Park Blvd.643-5500* 600 S. Dearborn939-6600The Sun-Times applauds Orly’sInternational cuisineInternational flavors blend well at Orly’s“Orly’s,” I said to a friend of mine who used to live inHyde Park. “No,” she said, “don’t know that one.”But people who currently live in Hyde Park do. Since itopened four years ago, Orly’s has become a popular placeto eat in the neighborhood. (A second Orly’s opened abouta year ago at 600 S. Dearborn. I’m told the menu is aboutthe same, but I have visited only the Hyde Parkestablishment.)A modish flair characterizes the eclectic menu. It in¬cludes a little Mexican, a little “Louisiana cooking,” a littleJapanese, a little Polynesian, a little of this and a little ofthat.One selection on the lower-priced “creations” list is call¬ed “One Heluva Burger." It’s topped with guacamole,bean sprouts and grilled onions and served with a choice ofthree different kinds of cheese and a choice of barbecue orteriyaki sauce. Another name for it could be the “East,West, South burger.”Other creations include “Crab Carlos,” a souped-upcrabmeat taco, and “chicken tarragon fettucini,” a coldpasta plate.The short appetizer list has some intriguing listings, in¬cluding the best one we tried, “Portuguese bean-sausagesoup. This was a well-spiced, thick brew with slices ofsausage, some red beans, green peppers, potatoes and atomato base. Unusual, and very good.Entrees at Orly’s run the gamut from “hickory barbecuedribs” and “Louisiana catfish” to “Orly’s tempura” and“Polynesian kabobs.” We tried some pan-fried veal andfettucini. This was fried veal, Cajun style, with spinach fettucini and aRomano cheese sauce. The veal scallops were breaded andhad a little bit of heat from cayenne pepper They also were alittle salty.The "daily fresh specials” really were fresh during our visit.Typical of the list are tuna steak, shark, salmon and chickenvesuvio. (Prices run between $8.95 and $11.95.)I tried the brook trout with crabmeat stuffing. It was some ofthe freshest trout I had eaten this side of a North Woods camp¬ing trip. The flesh was very tender.The entrees were served with sweet, stir-fried carrot slices,mushrooms and red grapes scattered around the plate. Alsosupposed to be included with the entrees were a loaf of warmwheat bread and a salad. The night we were there, the breadbatch hadn’t come out right and they didn’t want to serve it.The salads were a vegetanan's delight with sunflowerseeds, bean sprouts, julienne carrots, cucumbers and lettuceThe honey-lemon dressing was a good choice.Last, but hardly least, are the desserts from Orly’s ownbakery. If you are completely stuffed and can’t eat anotherbite, at least let the waiter bring out the sample tray so you canlook at the selections. These included five different kinds ofcheesecake, with a prizewinning cappuccino variation.!f you don’t order cheesecake, consider the “chocolateKahlua mousse pie.”Service was efficient, with the young staff conscientiouslywatching over customers. Our waiter not only brought thingsout carefully and on time, but he also discussed some abstractlinguistic points with us. A University of Chicago student, forsureThe Chicago Mdioon—Friday, beptember 26. 1966—3New deans at the UniversityNancy MaullMona ElNaggarNews EditorNancy Maul] says that she sees a “verychallenging and exciting” year ahead ofher since she took over as the new dean ofstudents in the University on July 1.Dean Maull is not new to the U of C. Shemoved to the Dean’s office from theOffice of the President, where she wasspecial assistant to Hanna Gray for ap¬proximately one year. Before her tenureas an administrator here, she was agraduate student at the U of C, receivinga masters in biology and philosophy and aPh D. in the conceptual foundations ofscience.In between stays at the U of C, DeanMaull taught at Pittsburg, Yale, andHarvard and was an administrator atHarvard. She did not see a great differ¬ence in the students at the U of C ascompared to the Ivy League, expect for aslightly more serious approach to ac¬ademics here. “But this place is special,”she explained. “I’m happy to be backbecause it (the U of C) gave me myacademic perspective .”In sketching her “far from exhaustive”list of concerns on which she wishes tofocus as dean, she stressed minority con¬cerns, a long-term solution to the housingproblems caused by the increased size ofthe College, the disciplinary system, ath¬ letic facilities, and the role of athletics.She has not, however, been idle sinceher arrival. “Our first large problem wasthat we found ourselves with morefreshmen than ever, and we needed agood place to house them,” she said.Broadview became the focus of herconcern, as she turned it into a primaryundergraduate dormitory and recruitedArthur and Rita Sussman to be the Resi¬dent Masters. “It’s a very new, largepiece of undergraduate life, and it took alot of work,” Dean Maull explained.In addition, she has been working withPresident Gray on a project which willinvolve minority students. This project isstill in the planning process, ana the onlydetails Dean Maull will provide is that itwill further implement some of the rec¬ommendations contained in the report bythe Committee on Minority Student Con¬cerns on Black students.The renovation of Ida Noyes has alsobeen of importance to Dean Maull, aswell as the forwarding of the new athleticconference that the U of C will be enter¬ing in the fall of 1987. The UniversityAthletic Association (UAA), which in¬cludes Carnegie-Mellon, Case WesternReserve, Emory, Johns Hopkins, NewYork, Rochester, and Washington, will“hopefully give our students competitionwith schools that are more on the samelevel (academically),” she said.Support groupBy Beth GreenStaff WriterFor over 30 years, the Student MentalHealth Clinic, at 5743 South Drexel Avenue,has been providing professional counselingfor students with a wide range of concernsand problems: anxiety, depression, fear,family difficulties, eating disorders, etc.The professional counseling is prepaid in astudent's tuition tall under the UniversityHealth Service fee and is on a strictlyconfidential basis. The clinic also offerssupport groups for people who sharecommon problems.Because doctoral candidates can oftenbecome lost and isolated during the dis¬sertation process, the Student MentalHealth Clinic is sponsoring a dissertationsupport group. The group will begin inOctober and meet everv Tuesday from11:30-1:00.According to Alan Burrall, a socialworker at Student Mental Health, the groupwill “discuss problems, share strategies,and try to combat the sense of isolationmany students feel as they go through thedissertation process.”The group, which is not designed toprovide formal instruction, will offer tipsand strategies in a discussion format. “Themain value of these groups is the supportthe members get from each other,” Burrallstated.According to Burrall, the first disserta¬tion support group began in 1984 after staffmembers in Student Mental Health re¬sponded to a need on campus to providesome support for ABD (All But Disserta¬tion) students. They conferred with staff atthe University of Illinois about the work theU of I had been doing in this area.Subsequently, a group was set up at theUniversity of Chicago to deal with allphases of the dissertation process. “Wefound there were a lot of common issuesand concerns that came up,” stated Bur¬rall.According to Burrall, a problem manymembers of the group share is a sense ofisolation and not knowing where to go forsupport in times of need. “One of the goalsof the group is to enable students to makebetter use of their time by setting up amore regular schedule of meetings withtheir advisors,” he stated.Buy 1strawberrySundae2nd at halfRAlfANGftNO"CHICAGOafter 5:00p.m.with coupon only When members of the group are de¬pressed, the group clarifies the importanceof doing a dissertation and the factors thatled the doctoral candidates to undertakethe task. It also helps students find abalance between their dissertation andother opportunities when career - enhanc¬ing job offers arise. At the end of thedissertation process, the group helpsmembers deal with often asked questionssuch as “What happens when I get thedissertation? What’s the next step?”This past year, three groups formed,which contained a mix of students fromdifferent departments and ran throughoutthe course of the year. The groups, whichmet on a weekly basis, were each com¬prised of 5-6 students and 2 staff members.“The staff members offer their expertise ingroup dynamics and their knowledge of theacademic environment,” stated Burrall.All persons interested in joining a sup¬port group should call the Student MentalHealth Clinic at 962-9800 and speak withstaff social workers Burrall, Anna MaryWallace, or Dana Battery to set up a timeto meet and determine whether a groupwould meet their needs.r' CAMPUSREPSAs a campus rep you'll beresponsible lor platingadvertising materials on bulletinboards and working onmarketing programs for clientssuch as American Express, theNavy, CBS and campusrecruiters. Part-time work,choose your own hours. Nosales. Many of our reps staywith us long after graduation Ifyou are self -motivated and a bit ^pa*^of an entrepreneur, cal or writefor more information to:1-800-221-5942 (Central Time),American Passage Network,6211 W. Howard Street,Chicago, IL 60648.Ocif IJXlM In Aofrln Nnr toft. ScatttRUMMAGESALE•aturday, October 11, 19868:00 AM to 3:00 PMChurch of St. Pauland the Redeemer(Episcopal)4945 South Dorchester Ayenue(50th & Dorchester)Enter at 50th Street(southeast corner)For more info:Call 624-3185 Elizabeth ChadwickMona ElNaggarNews EditorElizabeth Chadwick is looking forwardto a period of “learning and waiting” mher new role as dean of students in theCollege, where she started last weekChadwick is a graduate of Bryn Mawr,having double majored in English andGerman. She received her Ph.D. in com¬parative literature from Yale.Joining the U of C team after teachingat the University of Wisconsin, PomonaCollege, and Swarthmore and working onthe administrative level at Pomona andSwarthmore, Chadwick hopes to bring anability to contrast different systems toher job. “I’m not green,” she em¬phasized.However, she says that she realizes thatthere are many job-specific things shewill have to learn. To do this she isplanning a “lie low” strategy. “Thingsseem to be running smoothly right now. Isee no reason to step in and stir things up,” she said. “I just need to learn, andthere are lots of people I need to meet.”Having only been here for two weeks,she sees a lot to look forward to. Nomatter what administrative position shehad, Chadwick always made it a point tostay in the classroom. As a result, she is“looking forward to teaching springquarter ” Unsure as to exactly whatcourse she will be teaching, she is hopingfor a Common Core class. “This sort ofdouble life is the best way to find out whatpeople are here for.”From her office, she has not been ableto meet as many students as she wouldlike. Therefore, she is planning to start anopen office hour once a week, when stu¬dents will be able to just walk in and talkto her without an appointmentThe people she has met here haveimpressed her, she says. “There is somuch excitement about what people aredoing here. They’re doing things andthinking things, and that’s important,”she stressed.Hospitals mergedBy Greg MantellNews EditorThe University of Chicago Board ofTrustees last week approved splitting offthe University’s three hospitals into a newcorporation separate from, but owned by,the University, according to a spokes¬person for the Medical Center.On October 1, Bernard Mitchell, ChicagoLying-In, and Wyler Children’s hospitalswill become part of a new corporation to becalled The University of Chicago Hospitals,William Bulger, director of public affairsat the Medical Center said.'Hie move, an effort to enable the hospitalto lower costs and improve marketing,“will allow the hospital to respond moreeffectively, efficiently, and quickly to the community’s needs than is now possible,”Bulger said. “Being a part of the Univer¬sity isn’t as conducive to achieving that(flexibility).”The U of C Hospitals will be governed bya board of trustees, possibly having as mayas forty members, whose officers will in¬clude University President Hannah H.Gray; B. Kenneth West, chairman of theUniversity Board of Trustees; Dr. W.Donald King, dean of the Division Board ofthe Biological Sciences; Dr. Harry W.Schoenberg, president of the medical staff;and a hospital president.The hospital’s doctors will “as always”have to meet the requirements for being onthe Pritzker School of Medicine’s faculty,Bulger said.HYDE PARK-KENWOOD REALTY INC.1613 East 53rd StreetChicago, Illinois 60615(312)955-6100Picture yourself in this lovelytownhouse. Two bedroom/ one& one half baths, eat-in kitchen,lovely common area, central air,family room, parking, acrossfrom park. Ray School district.Low 80s.Co-op close to campus. Lovely twobedroom unit overlooks museum, parkand lake. This especially sunny unit isnear bookstores, shopping andtransportation. Perfect for campus ordowntown. Low 40s.LARGE OR SMALL...Special one bedroom close to campus. Formal dining room,beautiful wood throughout, new bath and modern kitchen.Lovely quiet setting. Lovely condition. 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Dinoproposed that we offer to buy him out,”said shopping center manager Doug Berlin.According to Alexopoulos, however,months of bickering with the Universityover “every little detail" of his planned$100,000 improvements to the space trig¬gered his decision to leave.“They (the University) tried to find away to get me out from the shoppingcenter. I had no other choice (but to accepttheir offer),” Alexopoulos said.Problems arose at Hemingway’s whenAlexopoulos announced in May that heintended to close the restaurant to makeroom for the New Agora, an updated ver¬sion of the Agora. Alexopoulos had beensearching for a site for the Agora since theUniversity refused to renew its lease at thecorner of 57th Street and Kenwood Avenuebeyond June 30.“After I ran the ad in the Maroon (stat¬ing his intention to move the Agora to theshopping center), I got a call from Berlin suggesting that I take down the sign in theAgora’s window saying that I was movinginto the shopping center,” Alexopoulossaid.Berlin said that Lake Park Associates,the University operation that owns theshopping center, wanted “something alittle more exciting than the Agora.”Berlin and Alexopoulos met severaltimes during June and July to discuss ideasfor the restaurant and travelled aroundChicago to look at other establishments. AtBerlin’s suggestion, Alexopoulos hiredDean Provolos, owner of Dean & Company,an Oak Park, Illinois-based food consultingfirm, to help “develop an interesting con¬cept” for the new restaurant.Remembering the problems which hehad with the university when he negotiatedthe Agora’s lease, Alexopoulos said he waswary when Berlin suggested “waiting formore definite plans” before beginning toredecorate Hemingway’s, so he proceededon schedule, June 20, to close Hemingway’sfor what he thought would be ten days “topaint and recarpet.” Alexopoulos said hewas reassured by his attorney that “you’repaying the rent. You’re running the busi¬ness. They (the University) can’t dictate toyou how to run your business.” He said hewas also prompted to do the work since hehad undertaken even more extensivechanges without problems under the pre¬vious landlord, Arthur Rubloff & Co.Negotiations continued for several weeksafter the closing, but eventually Berlin informed Alexopoulos that he was “rippingthe place apart” in violation of the leaseand would not be allowed to reopen.“With the condition the space was in,there was no way he could have reopenedeven if we had wanted to,” Berlin added.Alexopoulos said that his attorney ad¬vised him against taking the shopping cen¬ter to court to be allowed to reopen becauseeven though he would “probably get to stayat the site,” legal action “would take for¬ever” and he would still almost certainlylose his investment in the space when thelease came up for renewal in seven years.Alexopoulos said that he received a letterfrom Berlin on July 9 “strongly urging"him to agree to be bought out. After neg¬otiating with Berlin about how much hewas to be compensated for the lease andloss of business, Alexopoulos said he ac¬cepted the offer during the last week ofJuly so that he would no longer have todeal with the University. Details of thesettlement were not disclosed.Berlin denied charges by Alexopoulosthat the University forced him out so that“the community couldn’t see what (he)wanted to do with the Agora on 57thStreet.”“That’s not true at all,” Berlin said.“Lake Park Associates’ decision was madedistinct from anything the University did atthe Agora.”“Our goal is only to do what’s best forHyde Park. Dino never polled Hyde Park¬ers other than his die hard Agora custom¬ ers to see what people wanted.”Observations of what customers orderedat other Hyde Park restaurants and talkswith people on the street, however, con¬vinced Provolos that “there was a definiteneed among University faculty and stu¬dents for a restaurant like the Agora. Thearea wanted a variety. Berlin wanted arestaurant to please his own taste. Hedidn’t care what anyone else wanted.”Provolos, who has had his own foodconsulting firm with offices in Chicago andFlorida for the past four years and oper¬ated a North Side restaurant for five yearsbefore that, said that he believes Berlin“was dead-set against working with Ale¬xopoulos from the start. I’m hired to bringan objective point of view to landlords andclients, and I would have to say that I hadvery little cooperation from Berlin,” saidProvolos.“In this business, very rarely do you finda landlord paying a tenant to walk away.This is the first time I’ve ever seen any¬thing like this happen. It’s really weird,”he said.“If they had really wanted to work withDino,” Provolos said, the shopping center,like most developers, “would have said,‘OK, we’ll give your $10 to $15 a squarefoot’ to make improvements.”Provolos said that his first question toanyone opening a restaurant in Hyde Parkwould be, “Who’s the landlord0”Test YourAbilityTo DoSomethingUnheard Of.6—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986 The National Security Agency’sProfessional Qualification TestDon’t even think of limiting your employ¬ment options...because we wouldn’t. At theNational Security Agency, we’ve devised a Pro¬fessional Qualification TEST (PQT) that mightprove just how perfect you’d be for an unheardof challenge—an NSA career.Your job would be important to our job. Weanalyze foreign communications. We safeguardthis nation’s vital communications. We securegovernment computer systems. All usingtomorrow’s state-of-the-art technologies. 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September 2fi 1<W6— 7'; VolunteersThey’re not just pre-med anymoreBy Karen E. AndersonDevelopment EditorVolunteering at a hospital is a terrificway to beef up your medical school appli¬cation. But according to Claire Dankoff,assistant director of volunteers at the Uni¬versity of Chicago Medical Center, vol¬unteering time at the hospital isn’t just forpre-meds any more. In fact, it never was.Dankoff said that there is an unfortunatemyth that one must have a strong sciencebackground and an intention to go intosome area of health care in order to beselected as a volunteer at the hospital.There are some volunteer positions whichdo require technical knowledge and areperhaps best given to future medical stu¬dents. But she stressed the fact that manyvolunteers perform tasks which are easilylearned and simply involve making pa¬tients more comfortable during their stayat the hospital.Dankoff added that volunteers are es¬pecially needed to help reassure elderlypatients who are confused by the hospital’sprocedures or small children who must behospitalized for long periods of time. “Allthat we’re looking for is people who arefriendly, interested in helping other people.The thrust of the new (hospital) adminis¬tration is toward better patient relations.We need people to visit patients, pass outbooks, magazines, or candy bars.”The emergency room is one of the betterknown areas to wrork as a volunteer. How¬ever, Dankoff said that for those who donot wish to be around such a fast-paced andsometimes upsetting area there are plentyof other volunteer opportunities. “Youcould work in a patient library, help sortarts and crafts, or work in the children’ssection. We have a lot of opportunities forthose who are interested in child develop¬ment and education since children who arehospitalized for long periods of time needspecial help so that they do not fall behindin school. There are some positions inlaboratories, but they tend to fill up fast.You can also help in the surgical familywaiting room.” The Volunteer Office also has a numberof off-campus positions for those who wantto venture a little farther out into theworld. “We have our new Windermere siteat 56th and Hyde Park Boulevard, a seniorcitizens’ out-patient health center... youcan also volunteer at the out-patientdialysis center on Woodlawm (Avenue).You don’t have to touch the actual bags (ofblood), but you have to be able to toleratethe sight of blood going through ma¬chines.”Dankoff said that each volunteer appli¬cant is given an interview at the VolunteerOffice which is located in Room S7 in thebasement of Billings Hospital. She ex¬plained that the volunteer coordinator triesto match an applicant’s interests with available positions. While the office tries tomake a match that will be satisfying to thevolunteer, Dankoff commented that it isnot always possible to give a person ex¬actly the position which he or she wanted.“People may not think that it’s very glam¬orous to push wheelchairs or stret¬chers...but you can’t just w*alk in here anddo neurosurgery! Some volunteers thinkthat they are just around to observe; theyhave to realize that they are here to pitchin and help.”Volunteering at the hospital requires adefinite commitment, which is somethingwhich one should consider before applying.While the actual time spent volunteeringmay be as little as three hours a week,Dankoff stressed the fact that the hospital really does rely on its volunteers to be onduty when they are supposed to be. sheadded that each year volunteers who rangein age from 14 to 80 contribute 50,000 hoursto the hospital.“It’s good to get away from books, thelibrary,” said Dankoff, as she reflected onwhy one can derive a great deal of personalsatisfaction from doing volunteer work“You really get a lot, not just in an ac¬ademic sense, but personal also...You canmake a patient’s day just by walking intothe room and saying ‘You got some mailtoday.’ It’s like a hospital administratorsaid at our awards banquet, the secret ofvolunteering is that you get more than yougive.”Volunteers needed everywhereSomething for everyoneBy Karen E. AndersonViewpoints editorAs you pencil in time on your fall sched¬ule for class, a job, and maybe an extra¬curricular activity or two, you may want toleave a few hours free to volunteer.There are numerous volunteer organiza¬tions right on campus. The most publicizedis probably the volunteer bureau at theBlue Gargoyle, which is located at 5655University Avenue. It offers opportunitiesfor working with area children includingthose who need tutoring after school.The U of C Hotline provides anotheropportunity for those who are good atlistening to others’ problems. The Hotlineis a combination information service,crises counseling line, and sympatheticlistener for those students wrho may just need someone with whom to talk. Organi¬zational meetings will be held at the be¬ginning of next week. Those interested involunteering for the Hotline can get infor¬mation about these meetings by calling theregular Hotline number: 753-1777.If you have an inclination toward thesciences you may be interested in contact¬ing the Museum of Science and Industry on57th St. and Lakeshore Dr. Kitty Pfut-zenreuter, the Museum’s Volunteer Coor¬dinator, will let you know when trainingsessions are being held for volunteer tourguides and receptionists. Pfutzenreuterstressed that the Museum has very flexibletimes for volunteers to work so that stu¬dents may volunteer on weekends if theirweekdays are already quite busy withother activitiesA number of Chicago public service or¬ganizations are always looking for vol¬ unteer help. Metro Help, the largest vol¬unteer staffed hotline in the US, needspeople to work 24 hour hotlines, Metro Helpsponsors 4 different hotline services: theNational Runaway Switchboard, the Re¬gional Switchboard, the National SuicideHotline, and the Illinois Youth Switch¬board. Volunteers give information andcounseling to callers from all four lines.Metro Help volunteers are given a 40 hourtraining course in dealing with the prob¬lems facing today’s youth To volunteer,contact the Metro Help office at 2210 N.Halsted.The Literacy Volunteers of Chicago arealso looking for people to provide instruc¬tion for Chicago’s illiterate. Volunteersteach basic English or English as a SecondLanguage. The Literacy Volunteers’ officeis located at 9 W. Washington Avenue2nd Hand TunesChicago's GreatUsed Record StoresK fRockRegaaeR&BJazzShowClassicalEverything ElseBUY & SELLDempsterEvanston491-1690Or call 262-1593OPEN 7 DAYS HYDE PARKCOMPUTERS INC. W5Epson’ EQUITY"'II*1699 Epson® EQUITY™ IIWhy Pay More?These Features are Standard!Completely IBM compatible,only much faster than the PC or IXT. (Dual Speed processor) !* 640K RAM, clock/calendar.* 20 mg. hard disk, plus ^60Kfloppy (Dual floppy versionwithout hard disk alsoavailable).* Hercules CompatibleMonochrome Graphics withhigh resolution, tilt-and-swivelamber or green monitor. Colorsupport also standard.* Printer Port, Serial Port, MSDOS, BASIC, “AT" stylekeyboard and much more!Full One Year Warranty!Epson Durability!At the Corner of 53rd and Harper • 288-59718—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986Stop by Ida Noyeson Student Activities NightA MiscellaneousIda Noyes BasementAccording to Irene C., this plan is still very general. Somegroups request spaces that are not in accordance with theirsubject matter while others get last minute spaces.She said that this will be “the biggest activities night ever.’’Last year there were 146 booths, this year there will be more.“Students have been very cooperative...on nights like this,’’ andshe thinks they will be the same this year. Groups signing uplate may get spots on steps, in corridors and corners.B Main lobby: Socially-oriented groupsdance groupsC Purple Lounge: political groups1> West Library: academic groupsK Cloister : sports/religious groupsIda Noyes 1st FloorK East Lounge: music groupsG SAO: information groups (Univ. offices,security, ombudsman...)11 Km. 217: PublicationsI West Lounge: marital arts and games groups.1 Memorial Room: Film groups>Krjj pT—1-If! i—t== so l, —iiCXr.CI 1rL 0">ct C <>r,rr= j | TIda Noyes 2nd Floor4 \ /i —i>, c K Theatre: theatrical groupsL Sunparlor: ethnic groups\l MaroonIda Noyes 3rd FloorThe Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 26. 1986—9capsupermarket locatedin theHyde ParkShoppingCenterrFRESH SEAFOOD a4 week special 9/25-10/18 by advanceorder only last ordering day 10/15live 1*4-1% lb. £98maine lobsters D n>.florida pearl white -g /\^colossal shrimps 1U ».fresh red alaskan £T98salmon steaks D ib.fresh red alaskansalmon filletsfresh flown-inpacific tunasteaksfresh jumbosea scallopsfresh or frozenswordfish steaksfresh walleye 12-18 oz.pike filletsfresh mountainwhole onlyspeckled troutfresh genuinelake superiorwhitefish filletsfresh farm l1/ lb. & upwhole onlycatfishsnapper filletscello wrapjumbo icelandic-turbot filletsfresh cape codcultured musselssmokedsalmon strips 6 98lb.98lb8 98lb99lb.6 59lb.>99lb.>99lb269lb.299lb.359lb.79lb.99lb Everyone is welcome toshop at the Co-op butthere are specialadvantages and benefitsfor Co-op membersCome join our 12.000members today. It's easyand it costs very little tobecome a member andvou receive many specialbenefits not available tonon-member shoppers.Membership today costsS10.00 for one share ofstock. We encourageeveryone to become a fullmember which requires a$300.00 investment.Those persons who be¬come full members re¬ceive platinum checkcashing privileges. Fullmembers are also eligibleto receive their total pa¬tronage refunds in cashwhen the Co-op is profita¬ble.All members who haveless than $300.00 are sub¬scribing members and re¬ceive patronage refundsin cash and additionalstock until their invest¬ment reaches $300.00.All members have onevote and participateequally in the profitsthrough dividends whenprovided. Co-op membersvote for a board of direc¬tors each year and partic¬ipate in the developmentof the Co-op through join¬ing the numerous standingcommittees.Besides better checkcashing privileges andparticipation in the Co-opwe also have other bene¬fits. • Discount Bazaar-Many Hyde Park busi¬nesses give special dis¬counts to Co-op members.List and signs are in thestore for your informationon the participating busi¬nesses. All you do is showyour Co-op membershipcard and get your dis¬count• Discount Days-Fachmonth we have one da\where members receive a5% discount. During Co-opmonth (October) dis¬counts are given once aweek. Proper planningyour food purchases cansave members up to 3%on your total. We an¬nounce the day well in ad¬vance in the Evergreenfor your convenience.• .Case Lot Savings-Members can purchaseany item in the store bythe case to receive 5% offthe regular price. A greatway to stock up oncanned goods, paper prod¬ucts and other non-perish¬able items.• Free Want-Ads -Afree service to Co-opmembers through the Ev¬ergreen \s Unclassifieds.• Member Only Bulle¬tin Board Provides mem¬bers a place to advertiseon specially printedforms. N.W. We’reEasyToFind!1. Hyde Park Co-op2. University of ChicagoQuality is topsuet lines, in all of our de-The quality and varietyof products found at theCo-op is a result of thededicated individuals whomake sure their depart¬ment is the best it can be.GroceryDepartmentFew stores in Chicagooffer a larger selection ofgrocery items thap,. theCo-op. Because HydePark is a very diversifiedethnic area we attempt tostock a very broad selec¬tion to meet those needs.Our aisles are packedwith foods from aroundthe world. With the great¬est concentration of mem¬bers and shoppers com¬prised of small householdswe tend to offer sizes foryour convenience. Ourfrozen food selection isvery large, offering manytimes the selection of oth¬er neighborhood stores.Because we believe innutritional foods, we tryto handle the best prod¬ucts available in all prod- partments.We even provide shop¬ping lists for yourconvenience. Special listsare available for those onspecial diets. For a largeselection shop Co-op.MeatDepartmentYour Co-op has alwaystaken pride in its meatdepartment. Providingcustomers with the bestcuts of meat and poultryis our number one con¬cern. We provide onlyU S. choice and primegrades. To insure custom¬er value we trim all cutsso you are not paying forwaste. Our fowl is freshdaily. We regularly stocklamb and veal. Special or¬ders, which are alwayswelcome, can provide thecuts or quantities that youneed for that special occa¬sion or for your freezer.For customer informa¬tion regarding nutritionalinformation the Co-op is the first store in Chicagoto offer Meat Nutri-Eactsinformation on beef. pork,and veal to our custom¬ers. We plan to expandthis information to fowland other products as it isdeveloped.Our meat departmentmanager. Mr. Phil Karc-zewski has been with theCo-op since 1916, alwaysdelivering quality andservice to its membersand shoppers.In addition to our newvideo consumer informa¬tion system we are pursu¬ing “New”—“Lean” or“Light’' beef to meet yournutritional needs. Currentsupply is limited, sowatch for “special" leandisplays in the meat case.Bulk FoodsThe Co-op has opened anew bulk foods depart¬ment. After much re¬search into this area, theCo-op felt that their mem¬bers and customers wouldprefer a good selection of products to purchase invariable quantities. Withthe opening of this department. we are offering aselection of over 300items.The variety of productsavailable must be seen aswe could not possibly listthem all in this editionThis department is a service department whereclerks handle all bulkitems. With the growingconcern on sanitation con¬trol the Co-op chose thismethod of operation. Oursupplies and wholesalersare impressed with ourdepartment design as it isunique compared to mostsupermarket bulk food de¬partments. A quick ordersvstem allows your orderto be ready for pick-upwhen you shop if you callin advance.FishDepartmentThe Co-op’s fish department is one of Chicago's10—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986r QUALITY MEATSgov’t insp. assortedpork chops reg. 2.29 lb.gov’t insp. freshporkspare ribs reg. 2.29 lb.u.s.d.a. choicewhole or butt halfleg of lamb reg. 2.69 lb.u.s.d.a. choice shank halfleg of lamb reg.»» w.u.s.d.a. choice sirloinlamb chops rcg. 4.6.9 !b.u.s.d.a. choicetop 039butt steaks reg. 2.69 lb. lbkosher empirecut-up -j 98chickens reg. 2.29 lb. JL lb kosher empirechickenbreast reg. 3.49 lb.u.s.d.a. choice whole pointhalf beefbrisket reg. 2.49 lb.u.s.d.a. choicebeef brisketflat half reg. 2.39 lb.u.s.d.a. choice bonelessveal shoulderroast reg. 2.93 lb.gov't insp. fresh 5 lb. bagchicken livers1 lb. container reg m lbgrade “a” freshfrying chickensaddle legs reg. 69c lb.grade “a” freshfrying chickenpinwheels reg. 1.09 lb.grade “a'’ purdueroastingchickens reg. 1.39grade “a" whole freshstewing hens 591791ri79*. open monda\thru s»turda\s am to pmsunda\Sam H:.».> pm55th Streetat Lake Park867-lilt sale prices effectivethursdav 9/25 thruWednesday 10/1/HSHyde Park Co-op • Your member owned SupermarketThe "Compans of People'.' over 12 turn membersgrade “a” freshcut-upstewing hens "\grade “a” freshfrying chickenpinwheels reg. 1.09 lb.Wilson’s corn king1 lb. pkg.franks reg. 1.77 lb. 59lbscott petersen's sliced1 lb. pkg.cotto/bolOgna reg. 1.98 lb.jones pork reg./lightsausagelinks reg. 2.69 lb.jonessliced bacon reg. 3.39 lb.in Co-op departmentsinformation, and “coredpineapple.” LiquorDepartmentfinest. Extra special at¬tention is paid to buyingthe best quality fish andseafood available. It is adaily task that Leo Ing-wer. the department man¬ager. attacks with vigorto provide a diverse selec¬tion of the highest quality.Between Leo and RonVVujek. all your questionson fresh or frozen fish canreadily be answered. Spe¬cial orders are alwayswelcome with discountson larger purchases. CallLeo or Ron the fish ex¬perts in Hyde Park.ProduceDepartmentThe Co-op’s produce de¬partment is the envy ofmany Chicago food mer¬chants. Our large salesvolume promotes fresh¬ness and variety. The de¬partment attempts to pro¬vide the freshest and leastexpensive produce by fea¬turing in-season products throughout their availablecycle. Most of the produceis sold in bulk so that thepickiest shopper can findjust the right size andripeness desired.The Co-ops secret tothis abundance of freshproduce is in seeking outthe small suppliers whostock top quality, locallygrown produce. It is nowonder, then, that the se¬lection of greens at theCo-op is greater than anystore in the area. Producemanager Stanley Mishimahas been with the Co-opfor over 17 years and heknows his suppliers well.You will find that shop¬ping in this great depart¬ment is a pleasurable anddelightful experience. Nu¬tritional information signsin many parts of the de¬partment provide usefulinformation on regularlyused items. It's just onemore thing that makesyour Co-op different.“New” this fall in ourproduce department willbe video consumer FloralDepartmentThe Co-op’s newly re¬modeled floral depart¬ment has come into fullbloom. Fresh cut flowers,blooming and foliageplants arrive daily. Cher¬ry Nakama. our floral ex¬pert. takes pride in select¬ing top quality, bug anddisease free plants. Herknowledge of plants helpsher answer all of yourquestions that you mighthave about selecting aplant for yourself or as agift for someone else. Sup¬plies, such as potting soil,plant food and chemicals,as well as assorted plant¬ers, vases and plant bas¬kets are also available inthe floral department.“New” this fall will bea fine selection of topquality silk plants at sen¬sible prices. The liquor departmentis not actually operatedby the Co-op. It is aleased department opera¬ted according to the Co¬op’s guidelines and stand¬ards. You will find a fineselection of wines, liquorattd beer. Cigarette salesat the Co-op are also han¬dled in this department.If you’re having a par¬ty, you can find all thatyou need, spirits, ice.glasses and much more inthis department. Quantityorders receive discountsand can be delivered di¬rectly to you.If you have the urge towager, the liquor depart¬ment offers the IllinoisState Lottery games. Stopin and look around.BakeryThe Market Cafe XBakery is a new addition to the co-op that openedjust over a year ago. ThisCo-op licensed departmentfeatures freshly-bakedcroissants, breads, rollsand sweets prepared inthe store daily. Home¬made soup1- and sandwiches make this a greatspot to have lunch if youare shopping or just pass¬ing by. The irresistablearoma makes it difficultnot to stop by the cafe, onyour way out the store, tofry the latest out of theoven.Catering your next par¬ty or special occasionwith the freshly preparedEuropean baked goodswill make you the talk ofthe town.DeliDepartmentThe Co-op’s service delifeatures a large selectionof meats, cheese, and sal¬ads for your convenience.Our clerks will custom cut. slice and pack yourselection to meet yourneeds. We make fresh piz¬za on a daily basis and of¬fer custom made pizzason special order. Delitrays for parties are alsoavailable They are madeto your specifications.Only fine quality productsare handled in the deli forcustomer satisfactionSave time and call aheadto place your order forquick pickup/locatedin theHyde ParkShoppingCentercoopsupermarkets /The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986—11COOPsupermarket locatedin theHyde ParkShoppingCenterrFRESH SEAFOOD4 week special 9/25-10/18 by advanceorder only last ordering day 10/15live V/-1/ lb. £98maine lobsters 0florida pearl white -j /\9$colossal shrimps 1Ufresh red alaskansalmon steaks lb.’98lb.fresh red alaskansalmon filletsfresh flown-inpacific tunasteaksfresh jumbosea scallopsfresh or frozenswordfish steaksfresh walleye 12-18 oz.pike filletsfresh mountainwhole onlyspeckled troutfresh genuinelake superiorwhiteflsh filletsfresh farm l1/ lb. & upwhole onlycatfishsnapper filletscello wrapjumbo icelandicturbot filletsfresh cape codcultured musselssmokedsalmon strips 6 98lb.98lb8 98lb.99lb6 59lb.►99lb.►99lb►69lb►99lb.>59lb.79lb.99lb Everyone is welcome toshop at the Co-op butthere are specialadvantages and benefitsfor Co-op membersCome join our 12.000members today. It's easyand it costs very little tobecome a member andyou receive many specialbenefits not available tonon-member shoppers.Membership today costs$10.00 for one share ofstock. We encourageeveryone to become a lullmember which requires a$300.00 investment.Those persons who be¬come full members re¬ceive platinum checkcashing privileges. Fullmembers are also eligibleto receive their total pa¬tronage refunds in cashwhen the Co-op is profita¬ble.All members who haveless than $300.00 are sub¬scribing members and re¬ceive patronage refundsin cash and additionalstock until their invest¬ment reaches $300.00.All members have onevote and participateequally in the profitsthrough dividends whenprovided. Co-op membersvote for a board of direc¬tors each year and partic¬ipate in the developmentof the Co-op through join¬ing the numerous standingcommittees.Besides better checkcashing privileges andparticipation in the Co-opwe also have other bene¬fits. • Discount BazaarMany Hyde Park busi¬nesses give special dis¬counts to Co-op members.List and signs are in thestore for your informationon the participating busi¬nesses. All you do is showyour Co-op membershipcard and get your dis¬count.• Discount Days-Eachmonth we have one daywhere members receive a5% discount. During Co-opmonth (October) dis¬counts are given once aweek. Proper planningyour food purchases cansave members up to 3%on your total. We an¬nounce the day well in ad¬vance in the Evergreenfor your convenience.• .Case Lot Savings-Members can purchaseany item in the store bythe case to receive 5% offthe regular price. A greatway to stock up oncanned goods, paper prod¬ucts and other non-perish¬able items.• Free Want-Ads -Afree service to Co-opmembers through the Ev¬ergreen 's Unclassifieds.• Member Only Bulle¬tin Board Provides mem¬bers a place to advertiseon specially printedforms. w. We’reEasyToFind!1. Hyde Park Co-op2. University of ChicagoQuality is topsThe quality and varietyof products found at theCo-op is a result of thededicated individuals whomake sure their depart¬ment is the best it can be.GroceryDepartmentFew stores in Chicagooffer a larger selection ofgrocery items thap,. theCo-op. Because HydePark is a very diversifiedethnic area we attempt tostock a very broad selec¬tion to meet those needs.Our aisles are packedwith foods from aroundthe world. With the great¬est concentration of mem¬bers and shoppers com¬prised of small householdswe tend to offer sizes foryour convenience. Ourfrozen food selection isvery large, offering manytimes the selection of other neighborhood stores.Because we believe innutritional foods, we tryto handle the best products available in all prod uct lines, in all of our de¬partments.We even provide shop¬ping lists for yourconvenience. Special listsare available for those onspecial diets. For a largeselection shop Co-op.MeatDepartmentYour Co-op has alwaystaken pride in its meatdepartment. Providingcustomers with the bestcuts of meat and poultryis our number one con¬cern. We provide onlyL.S. choice and primegrades. To insure customer value we trim all cutsso you are not paying forwaste. Our fowl is freshdaily. We regularly stocklamb and veal. Special orders, which are alwayswelcome, can provide thecuts or quantities that youneed for that special occa¬sion or for your freezer.►■or customer information regarding nutritionalinformation the Co-op is the first store in Chicagoto offer Meat Sutri-Factsinformation on beef, pork,and veal to our custom¬ers. We plan to expandthis information to fowland other products as it isdeveloped.Our meat departmentmanager. Mr. Phil Karc-zewski has been with theCo-op since 1916, alwaysdelivering quality andservice to its membersand shoppers.In addition to our newvideo consumer informa¬tion system we are pursu¬ing “New”—“Lean" or“Light'' beef to meet yournutritional needs. Currentsupply is limited, sowatch for “special” leandisplays in the meat case.Bulk FoodsThe Co-op has opened anew bulk foods depart¬ment. After much re¬search into this area, theCo-op felt that their mem¬bers and customers wouldprefer a good selection of products to purchase invariable quantities. Withthe opening of this department. we are offering aselection of over 300items.The variety of productsavailable must be seen aswe could not possibly listthem all in this edition.This department is a serv¬ice department whereclerks handle all bulkitems. With the growingconcern on sanitation cuntrol the Co-op chose thismethod of operation Oursupplies and wholesalersare impressed with ourdepartment design as it isunique compared to mostsupermarket bulk food de¬partments. A quick ordersystem allows your orderto be ready for pick-upwhen you shop if you callin advance.FishDepartmentThe Co-op's fish depart¬ment is one of Chicago s10—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986r QUALITY MEATSgov't insp. assorted ipork chops mi. 2.29 ib. j 149L lb.gov't insp. freshporkspare ribs reff 2291b J 169L lbu.s.d.a. choicewhole or butt half fleg of Iambreg 2 S9(b i >19md Ibu.s.d.a. choice shank half £leg of lamb r«, 2*»/b l >49wd Ibu.s.d.a. choice sirloinIamb chops m,. 4.m ib. i 1291 Ib.u.s.d.a. choicetop <butt steaks reg. 3.<® ib. « 5393 lbkosher empirecut-upchickens reg, 2.29 ib. | 98JL Ib kosher empirechickenbreast reg. 3.49 lb.u.s.d.a. choice whole pointhalf beefbrisket reg. 2.49 lb.u.s.d.a. choicebeef brisketflat half reg. 2.S9 lb.u.s.d.a. choice bonelessveal shoulderroast reg. 2.9S lb.gov t insp. fresh 5 lb. bagchicken livers1 lb. container req m lb.grade “a" freshfrying chickensaddle legs reg. 69c (b.grade “a" freshfrying chickenpinwheels reg. 1.09 lb.grade “a” purdueroastingchickens reg. 1.39grade “a" whole freshstewing hens ~\ open mondaithru suiurduiX am to *;.>.» pmsunda)x jm H:.w pm55th Streetat Lake Parkf>67-l 111 sale prices effectivethursday 9/25 thruWednesday 10/1/86llwir Park Co op • Your member owned SupermarketThe "Company of People, over 12 imm> membersVgrade “a” freshcut-upstewing hens -\grade “a” freshfrying chickenpinwheels reg. 1.09 lb.Wilson's corn king1 lb. pkg.franks reg. 1.77 lb.scott petersen's sliced1 lb. pkg.cotto/bologna reg. 1.98 lb.rv79c jones pork reg./lightsausagelinks reg. 2.69 lb.jonessliced bacon reg. 3.39 lb.Jin Co-op departmentsfinest. Extra special at¬tention is paid to buyingthe best quality fish andseafood available. It is adaily task that Leo Ing-wer. the department man¬ager. attacks with vigorto provide a diverse selec¬tion of the highest quality.Between Leo and RonWujek. all your questionson fresh or frozen fish canreadily be answered. Spe¬cial orders are alwayswelcome with discountson larger purchases. CallLeo or Ron the fish ex¬perts in Hyde Park.ProduceDepartmentThe Co-op's produce de¬partment is the envy ofmany Chicago food mer¬chants. Our large salesvolume promotes fresh¬ness and variety. The de¬partment attempts to pro¬vide the freshest and leastexpensive produce by fea¬turing in-season products throughout their availablecycle. Most of the produceis sold in bulk so that thepickiest shopper can findjust the right size andripeness desired.The Co-ops secret tothis abundance of freshproduce is in seeking outthe small suppliers whostock top quality, locallygrown produce. It is nowonder, then, that the se¬lection of greens at theCo-op is greater than anystore in the area. Producemanager Stanley Mishimahas been with the Co-opfor over 17 years and heknows his suppliers well.You will find that shop¬ping in this great depart¬ment is a pleasurable anddelightful experience. Nu¬tritional information signsin many parts of the de¬partment provide usefulinformation on regularlyused items. It's just onemore thing that makesyour Co-op different.“New” this fall in ourproduce department willbe video consumer information, and “coredpineapple.”FloralDepartmentThe Co-op’s newly re¬modeled floral depart¬ment has come into fullbloom. Fresh cut flowers,blooming and foliageplants arrive daily. Cher¬ry Nakama. our floral ex¬pert. takes pride in select¬ing top quality, bug anddisease free plants. Herknowledge of plants helpsher answer all of yourquestions that you mighthave about selecting aplant for yourself or as agift for someone else. Sup¬plies. such as potting soil,plant food and chemicals,as well as assorted plant¬ers, vases and plant bas¬kets are also available inthe floral department.“New” this fall will bea fine selection of topquality silk plants at sen¬sible prices. LiquorDepartmentThe liquor departmentis not actually operatedby the Co-op It is aleased department opera¬ted according to the Co¬op's guidelines and stand¬ards. You will find a fineselection of wines, liquorattd beer. Cigarette salesat the Co-op are also handied in this department.If you're having a par¬ty. you can find all thatyou need, spirits, ice.glasses and much more inthis department. Quantityorders receive discountsand can be delivered di¬rectly to you.If you have the urge towager, the liquor depart¬ment offers the IllinoisState Lottery games. Stopin and look around.BakeryThe Market Cafe XBakery is a new addition to the co-op that openedjust over a year ago ThisCo-op licensed departmentfeatures freshly-bakedcroissants, breads, rollsand sweets prepared inthe store daily. Home¬made soups and sandwiches make this a greatspot to have lunch if youare shopping or just pass¬ing by. The irresistablearoma makes it difficultnot to stop by the cafe, onyour was out the store, totry the latest out of theoven.Catering your next par¬ty or special occasionwith the freshly preparedEuropean baked goodswill make you the talk ofthe town.DeliDepartmentThe Co-op’s service delifeatures a large selectionof meats, cheese, and sal¬ads for your convenience.Our clerks will custom cut. slice and pack yourselection to meet yourneeds. We make fresh piz¬za on a daily basis and of¬fer custom made pizzason special order. Delitrays for parties are alsoavailable They are madeto your specifications.Only fine quality productsare handled in the deli forcustomer satisfaction.Save time and call aheadto place your order forquick pickup/ >|locatedin theHyde ParkShoppingCenterC X X )I)supermarkets. JThe Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 26.1986—11Extra services make Co-op specialOne-stop shopping, where you can park and do all ofyour chores in one location, appeals to almost every¬one. For these people, the Co-op is the supermarketwith the extras to make one-stop shopping possible.• Postal Substation. This unit is located in the Co¬op’s lower level. The Postal Station is operated by theU.S. Postal Service and is convenient to area shoppersoffering full postal service. Hours are Monday throughFriday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed Saturday andSunday.• Money Network The Hyde Park Bank has twoMoney Network automatic teller machines located justinside our store entrance. Banking by machine is soeasy and it’s available seven days a week during theCo-op’s business hours. Avoid the hassles and the lines,and do your banking with Money Network at the Co-op.• Grocery Pickup. The Co-op is the only store in theafea offering the service of loading your purchases inyour auto. Located at the north end of the supermar¬ket, Co-op employees keep an eye on your supermarketpurchases so that you can bring your car to the loadingarea to have the groceries put into your car.• Security. The Co-op employs security people in thestore during business hours for everyone’s safety. TheHyde Park Shopping Center also provides uniformedsecurity guards for the general area and parking lot.It’s always nice to know these people are available. mumtJETWORK. % Free Parking. The Hyde Park Shopping Center of¬fers the largest and best lit parking lot in the area.You will always find a spot and avoid the drive-aroundhassle. . , , _• Delivery Service. For a nominal fee, the Co-op ,provides a delivery service which is available for theimmediate neighborhoods surrounding the store. This isa hired service subsidized by the Co-op to hold costsdown. Deliveries are made to all buildings. It’s a con¬venient wav to get your big orders home.• Special Information. Each month we provide foryour information a timely food newsletter. It has reci¬pes and other helpful data. In addition, each week youwill find a new recipe sheet to aid in menu planning.We offer this free service through the Co-op's regis¬tered dietician who tests each recipe prior to publica¬tion. Look for the information center as you enter theproduce department.• Coupon Exchange Next to the liquor entrance youwill find a special rack which contains current productrebate forms and the Co-op's coupon exchange. Helpyourself to the money saving coupons you can use. andleave some you may not want. This is a shopper supported system—please contribute and please take whatvou need. It's another Co-op extra.• Bulletin Boards. Are located on the lower level fornon-member use. 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Ilinois 60637312/493-1466VOLUNTEERS The Resource Center needs peoplewho can organize their apartmentbuildings or dorms for recylcing.Call 241-7820 if you can help.14—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986VoicesLet's not get carried awayFinding Sculpture in Hyde Park“Diatogo" by Virgirwo Ferrari adorns the front of Pic* Mallby Marge HablutzellThere are three sculptures in ornear the Cochrane-Woods ArtCenter at 56th Street ana Green¬wood Avenue. One is entitledmodular sculpture by BukySchwarts, and is very similar to theone in torm of Woodward Court, itwas donated by the sculptors.Walter Nc han, and Sidney Taylor,and ;nstaiied in 'l 977. Both piecesare made ot identical mass-produced corrogate metoi mod¬ules wmch can be assembled in avariety'of shapesGrande Radar is one ot twosculptures cn can~ipus which weredone Ov Arnaldo pcmoctoro. Thisscupture is part of he Rooert 8Mayer memorial loan and sharesthe court ot me Cochrane-WoodsArt Center with Recking figure, oreot Henry Moore's most famoussculptures This is also part ot theRobert B. Mayer memorial loan andboth pieces were installed in 1974.Marking the site of the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear chamreaction, is Nuclear Energy, also byHenry Moore. Vewed from variousanges, the sculpture resembles askull and a mushroom ckxd. Itsheavy, ftowing form is characteristicof Moore's later style. The sculpturewas dedicated on Dec 2, 1967,the 27th anniversary of the first con¬trolled generation of nuclearpowerOn the town of McCormick Theo¬logical Seminary on the comer of56th Street and Woodtown Avenueis Ram created in 1963 by JohnKearny from old automobilebumpers. The chrome-coveredbeast has a mythical quality thalsome have commented is appro¬priate to its location. The pieceweighs 400 pounds, and althoughits purchase is shrouded in legend rne Rom originally stood andMcCormick Theological Seminary'sLincoln Park campus oefore theseminary moved to Hyde Park m1975Two matching marble sculpturesby Antoine Poncet grace the frontentrance ot the Curnmng Lite Sci¬ences Center, one dock west otthe University Bookstore Oriellarf.donated m 1978, is an irregularoolong shaped sculpture ot blackmarble with a white morale Dose,while Aiteronde, donated m 1973, isa white morale ovoid with a dockmarde Dase and stands nine feet taH. Both are giffs from NathanCummings.At the bock entrance to the LifeSciences Center, between theCenter and Crerar Library isPuicinelfo II a tall rather phaiic-tookng aostract bronze by Sore!Ertog, also a gift from NathanCummingsIn the plaza of the University otChicago Hospital and Docs' Sur¬gery-Bran Research Pavilion aretwo striking peoes. Grande Disco isa circular bronze sculpture createdby Arnaldo Pomodoro Chootcpotrutons adorn its sides cma oen-ter creating the appearance ot akind of explosion indeed, thesculpture has a more literal kineticelement Mojnded on a centralaxis n a sloped stone Dose, thesculpture has supnsed many stu-Theater groupsGetting Their Acts TogetherAfter some major changes, theUniversity of Chicago studenttheatre groups are getting their actstogether - literally Three ot the fourtheatre groups, Btackfriars, UniversityPlovers and The Other TheatreGroup, have united to form theUniversity Theatre. The fourth group,the Concrete Gothic Theatre chosenot to become pan ot the newcollective.Reducing counterproductivecompetition between the theatregroups was a major reason fa thenew combined venture. Directorand Technical Manager SteveScboer commented, "one of thethings that has hurt student groupsin the past is cliquishness. everyonen theatre knows each other and itmakes it hard fa new people to petm We're making a huge effort toeliminate that " Schroer believesthat by forming one united theatregroup there can be more inter¬action between members of di¬ verse groups it w>H abb increasethe pooi ot actas and' actressesavailabe fa any given productionIt is hoped the united* group willprovide fa improved continuity andexchange of knowledge and ideas,it is believed will also alleviate theproblems of insufficient space andequipment ta tour theatre groupsand a reduction m schedulingproblems and conflicts Unification,According to Schroer the Unive-sity Theatre will be governed by aboard composed of three mem¬bers designated tram each ot thetamer groups The groups will bedivided into three categories: Tech.Production and Recads, and Put>loty Each will wak separately,creating operating guidelines andprocedures within its area Thefunding committee will be com¬posed of Schroer, his backup BodJames and a member from each ofthe groups. peats who casually leaned on it tolind that it moves, rotating on itsOxis. It is affectionately known pysome students as "the 3»g Cooke "Hosptai employees ana othersoften torch in the shadow' of theBack Sphere, a seventy six inchdiameter concrete Pali Py JeneHiqhstein that was originally de-Upcomtng Plays:Sisterly FeelingsAlan Ayckbourn 1st wkendTangoSlawomir Mrozek 3rd wkendSchool for ScandalRichard Brinsley Sheridan 4thOracula 5thMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O' Neill 4thFiddler on the Roof 7th & 8th signed for or. interior in 1982 thesculptor returned to campus to stripthe work to its chicken wire andrecover the entire sphere in olightweight concreteNeat he Aioert Pick Hai! for Inter¬nationa1 Studies is Dodge. an in¬teresting bronze sculpture on alimestone Pose Created in Chic¬ago by Vrgrwo Ferrari ana cast inthe sculptor's hometown of Vercne.Italy “he sculpture, fmanoed by agift from, me Albert Pck Jr and pdkBrothers coundattons of Chicago,consists of oronze pillars with arcsmoohiy up from heir concavebases, one forming a haft circlearouna the othersIn front ot Woodward court is hesecond untitled moautar sculpturePy Buky Schwartz Also a gift for hesculptor Walter Nathan, ana SidneyToy tor, the piece was assemoeddifferently from he one at heConcrane-’Woods Art Center. Across the Midway tor he mampan of campus are several moresculptures P front of the Midwaystucuos. once home of sculptorLarodc Taft, ts Concrete Traffic oyWort Vosfe it is a 1957 GaaWtocentombed «n a 20-tone concretemoss ana pontng toward DetroitSo much for suofle messagesIn the fountain of Lard Be!Quadrangle at 1111 E 60h Street,surrounded by the Law School, isConstructor, m the Third end courtr-Dimensions by Antoine Pevsner Thesculpture was created especially forthe building as o gift from Aiex L.Hillman, a 1924 graduate of heLaw' School Nearby, on he lawnadjacen* to Burton-Judson Court, isDiarchy Py Kenneth ArmitoaeCreated m 1957. his sculpture wasgiven to he University ot OhcagoLaw School oy Mr and Mrs Dtnod'Angdo in 1078Just outside the entrance to hecenter tor continuing Education iscm untitled work by Sara Skoinik.who received boh he BA ana MAtram he University of Chicago, ftwas pah of cm exhibition m *974and was purchased by he Centefor display first in he toctov anasubsequently outsiaeThe largest and lomcaiiy one otthe toast familiar sculptures oncampus is The fountain of Time byChicago artist Loroac Taft Thesculpture, which took- fourteen yearsto create, was finally installed onthe west ena of the midway justthirteen years before he distin¬guished sculptor's aeathThe sculpture was no? meant tobe a true fountain but rather wasconstrue fed as o 120-toot tong re<*Calong one side of a pool with thehuge figure representing Time fac¬ing the relief from he other side ofthe pool The piece was inspired byIme from Austin Dobson's "The Par¬adox of Time"Time goes, you say7 Ah noAlas, time says, we, go1The composition of he pieceContinued on page 18The Chicago Maroon-Friday, September 26. 1W6 15Films, Movies, Flics,In planning your wild social life atthe U of C, one of your best bets willlie in the film societies on campus.With three existing theaters oncampus and a fourth die to opensome time this year in the formergym of Ida Noyes, the selectionshould appease any movie buff Intact, the only reason not to see amovie over the weekend would oehaving something better plannedUnfortunately, this doesn't happenoften, and the film societies prosperThe following are brief overviews ofthe various Theaters and a listing ofmovies showing over the next threeweeksDOC FILMS, which is located inCobb Hall on the Quads usuallyfeatures a reasonable mix of recentpopular movies [such as "Am¬adeus'' and "Kiss of the SpiderWoman''], a few good cult films["The Wall" and a double feature of"Nosferatu"). and an extravaganzaor two [the entire "Star Wars" senesshown back to oack.] Perhaos notan extravaganza, per se, out. Theytry. Another interesting fact aooutDoc Films [of which the University isquite proud) is that it is the oldestorganization of its kind in the U S.[vea1] if you notice a certain lack ofinformation on upcoming Doc Filmsin the following listing it is because,as the news guys say. "They couldnot oe reached for comment"LAW SCHOOL FILMS doesn't showmoves that will guarantee a largecrowd, as Doc Films is apt to do.but consistently lures back the sameGeode over and over with a menuthat includes classics like "HighSocefy," and 'The Gold Push"[which shows this fall— don't miss it!).Most of the LSF movies are old,often they are in Pack and white,ana. nearly always, they are agreet night's entertainment Anothervery good reason to see movies atthe law school it the theater itself.The seats in the low School Audi¬torium are the dushest, most com¬ fortable on campus [How do lawstudents stay awake during lec¬tures?) and they always show greatcartoons before the snow The car¬toons themselves are classics too—old Mickey Mouse, and vignettesfrom Fantasia, etc. Well worth thewalk across the midway, thoughnot if you travel aloneINTERNATIONAL HOUSE, as thename might suggest, featuresmainly foreign films. All those Russianfilms you missed last summer, everyobscure French film, almost any¬thing you could possibly want inforeign film is here. Despite thelanguage oarner and low produc¬tion budgets for the majority of themoves, They are quite often inter¬esting. Almost all are subtitled inEnglish, and some are even origi¬nally U.S or British, for those of uswho prefer American use to Viet¬namese. The movies are shown atthe international House [corner ofBlackstone and 59th), and seating,though on folding chairs, still oeatsDoc Films.And now on to the films them¬selves"The Adventures of Room Hood."[1938] Basil Rathoone and ErrolFlynn duel their way through seven¬teenth-century Spam. Features Flynnat the heghf of his career, and thecast is supported by award-winningat direction, editing, and originalscore Besides, it's FREE, an in¬troductory deal Go see it LawSchool Films Thurs., Sect 30. 8 p.m."irma La Douce" [1963} Directedpy Billy Wilder [of "Some Like it Hot"fame) this comedy is a remake ofthe broadway musical of the samename. The music was cut to makea straight comedy', focusing mainlyon the relationship between a Paiscop [Jack' Lemmon) and a prosti¬tute [Shirley Mac Lane). Not toodeep, but amusing. Received oneOsca Best Scoring. Adaptation orTreatment. Law School Films, WedOct. 1.8 o.m.Video Transferwith this couponWe will transfer 50 feet of 8mm, super8mm or 16mm movie film or 20 slides orprints absolutely free. Pick up a blanktape from our selection or provide yourown.’Limit one coupon per customerExpires October 3, 1986MODEL CAMERA AND VIDEO1342 East 55th Street493-6700 Olivier for security as the mystery of Rebecca haunts theJoan Fontaine holds LaurenceManderley house and its occupants."The Man With the Movie Cam¬era." [1928) According to i-House,this Russian film is an "experimentaldocumentary," recording life inRussia in the 1920s as a human eyewould see it. "We, the Living, PartIP" international House, Thurs., Oct.2, 8 p.m."Jailhouse Rock." [1957] The Kinglives International House, Sun , Oct5, 8 p.m."La Symphome Pastorale." [1946]As you may guess, this one's aFrench film, portraying a Plind girl'srelationship with a pastor, and theeffects of an operation to restoreher eyesight, the pastor is notpleased. A Pit slow, the movie isnonetheless involving. InternationalHouse, Thurs., Oct. 9, 8 p.m."Rebecca" [1940] An Alfred Hitchcock version of the story byDaphne DuMaurier of the samename. A typical Hitchcock sus¬penseful film, with performancesand production good enough towarrant seven Academy AwardNominations of which two won : Bes*Picture, and Best B/W Cine¬matography. Law School Films,Thurs., Oct 2, 8 p.m."Some Like It Hot." [1959] One ofMarilyn's most famous [and oetter)films, this one has Jack Lemmonand Tony Curtis as a pair of music¬ians who flee the mob Oisguisea aswomen. Better than "Bosom Bud¬dies," though along the same linesThe ending is a off weak, out someof the lines are funny, and the casfobviously has a iot of fun with it ^awSchool Rims. Sat., Oct. 4, 7:30 & 10o.m.. and Sun . Oct 5. 8 o m.OUR FAMOUS STUFFED PIZZA IN THE PANIS NOW AVAILABLE IN HYDE PARKCocktails • Pleasant Dining • Pick UpChicago’s best pizza!" — Chicago Magazine. March 1977The ultimate in pizza!" — New York Times, January 19805311 $. 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Atthe center is a figure called "theconqueror,'' but Taft himself com¬mented that he has "relatively lim¬ited importance in the eyes of Fa¬ther Time." At the far left are twofigures, a young man who is resist¬ing death and an old man whoreaches in welcome to embrace it.Taft used the fact that there arefigures on both sides of the wall todo something not usually possiblefor sculptors: he included a self-portrait his figure clad in a smock,hands clasped behind his Pack ashe walks along.The size of the sculpture elimi¬nated the possibilities of creatingthe final version in stone or bronze,so after the scale model has beenmade Taft began investigatingother media. In the East sculptorJohn Joseph Earley had developedan architectural concrete and atechnique for casting it, and wasmore than eager to attempt theFountain of Time. The model wasreportedly the largest plast piece-mold ever created, with over 4500pieces, and when the casting wasfinished in 1922 it had taken a bitless than a year Yet if the piecehad been carved from the stone itprobably would have taken at leasttwenty years of intensive work. swearing. It's like in a church, re¬spect. You respect your audienceand they respect you."B.B like many blues musiciansstarted out as a gospel singer, sing¬ing in his church where he camefrom in Alabama. Asked what hewould do if he couldn't be a bluesmusician anymore he replied with¬out hesitation, "I'd go beck to sing¬ing in church."Not just a mecca for bluemen,the Checkerboard is a popularstudent hangout as well. Owner,L.C, says that the fast and slowseasons roughly correspond to theschool year. Indeed, when askedwhy he opened a blues club hesaid "so the kids could have a spotto listen to the blues on the southside" The Checkerboard is in factone of the few remaining clubs onthe south side of Chicago and theonly one, in the Hyde Park area. Inorder to* attract even more stu¬dents, the Checkerboard plans tohave a "Academic Blues Break"every other Wednesday with halt offon the cover with a student I.D.Also, the club is planning to expandnext door with a soul food barAside from minor changes,however, the New Checkerboardremains pretty much the same, afriendly, neighoorhood oar with thepest blues around "We just want tokeep the good musicians, keep theclub the best in the worid for clues,''said L.C. It is as young musician anasometimes bluesman Purtis Wickssaid, "the Carnegie Hall of theBlues"It is a small, dimly lit place thathas the cozy atmosphere of anyfriendly, neighborhood bar. Themen gathered around the bar todrink and toss amiable insults atone another are regulars — menwho are here every day when theyare not out doing the music thatmakes this place special: the blues.The New Checkerboard Loungeis acknowledged by many to bethe best blues club in Chicago.Virtually every major blues musicianhas played there at one time oranother. Musicians ranging fromthe young up-and-coming Lefty Dizzto immorals like B.B. King andMuddy Waters have all been hereand are friends with all the regulars.Owner Louis Thurman, known asL.C to his friends was a blues singerhimself m his earlier days.The club, like the blues itself, hasa long, rich history. It was es¬tablished 14 years ago by L.C. andBuddy Guy (who subsequentlymoved on to other things). At thattime the "number one" blues clubin Chicago was just down the streetfrom the Checkerboard; a placecalled Peppers. Buddy and L.C.had both worked in Pepper's andwhen they opened fhe Check-erooard, which was named for thealternating black and white panelsthat once adorned its ceiling, theyearned over one of the Pepper'straditions: Blue Monday. At that timeblues musicians would begingathering at 10:00* a.m and theywould pm until 4 a.m. the next day. "The present day jam is slightly moremodest, starting in the early eve¬ning but still running until the earlymorning hours.B.B. Odem is one of the regularsat Checkerboard. He is a big, well-dressed, man with a zeal for hismusic and respect for his audience,and the Checkerboard. "Everybodycomes here” says B.B., "MuddyWater, B.B. King, Eric Claptm, KeithRichard, all those guys." Peoplecome from all over the world 1ohear the blues at the Check¬erboard because they know it's thenumber one club." Odem himselfhas been playing the blues for 34years and has played with morethan his share of famous musicians,"I played with B.B. 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ETC.AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT THEELECTRONICS FAIR OCTOBER 15.16 & 17. DETAILS ARE AT THEBOOKSTORE.The Chicago Maroon—Friday. September 26. 1986—19■ ■. , <•£ .#»-* - -'i ' - -JSilent Voices Extra Tuitional ExpensesBy Marge HablutzelBooks are integral to the life ofevery academic, from Dick andJane to Plato's Republic and be¬yond. It follows that in the rarifiedatmosphere of Hyde Park there areno less than five bookstores. Surpris¬ingly, despite overlap in stock andsometimes limited space, each onehas a very distinct personality, aparticular one may appeal to youbut all are worth checking our.Some will not carry textbooks, whileothers, particularly the Powell's carryused text and should Pe checkedbefore you pay full price at theUniversity Bookstore.Joseph O'Gara's Bookstore [13East 57th Street]: This is the oldestoookstore in Chicago and thehome Lady Jane Grey, Hyde Park'smost famous and educated cat.Ubrary-quite and well-organized,O'Gara's can overwhelm you withthe sheer size of its stock. It is es¬pecially strong in academic areas,although the managers do not liketo carry textbooks, but you can findan ample selection of paperbackfiction from classic to trashy andthere is an ever-growing sciencefiction selection that includes vint¬age issues of Analog.It is easy to lose yourself amongthe ceiling-high stacks of books[charming wheeled ladders areprovided so that you can climb upto retrieve a particularly likely-looking volume and the staff ispleasantly tolerant of browsers. Al¬most every section is large andcomplete, but the American Historysection has been particularlynoteworthy. This is not to slight theother sections: art, biography, blackstudies, cinema, comedy, drama,history, psychology, sports, women'sstudies,- the gourmet can findshelves of cookbooks and books on -Welcome to Hanna Gray’s Neigh¬borhood”wines.Even if you do not go intoO'Gara's on a regular basis, besure to walk by and look at thedisplays in the large windows, thewest one tends to have modernbooks while the east window usuallyshows antique volumes from therare book section of the store, oftensupplemented with photographs orprints. If you want to sell your oldoooks, O'Gara's will buy them forone fith the cover price.Powell's Bookstore [1502 East 57thStreet]: This paradise for bib¬liographies takes the guise of acluttered and disorganized attic.There is a system to the chaos, but itis always changing and only thestaff really knows where anything is.The only thing that is easy to find is the box of free books parked out¬side the door, even the cash regis¬ter may be hidden behind piles ofbooks.This is a good place to startlooking for text books and relatedacademic material but don't stopthere. Sections of theology, psy¬chology, literary criticism, feministstudies, and business history arestrong, and the sciences are alsowell-represented. The Europeansection not only includes thousandsof volumes in the major Europeanlanguages but an intricately-dividedsection on the different countriesand historical periods. With somelooking and help from the staff youcan find books and almost anthingfrom Albanian history to zoology.That does not cover just ac¬ademic areas; Powell's has a sur¬prisingly good fiction section whichhas been divided up into popularfiction, mysteries, science fiction,and western. The later section is ararity and contains a large numberof title, while the science fictionsection often includes every one ofthe Star Trek books.Not all of Powell's books are reallyused, some may be damaged orotherwise imprefect new books atused-books prices. It will also buyyour old books for one-fifth thecover price.Seminary Cooperative Bookstore[5757 South University, in the base¬ment and 1301 East 57th Street]:The staff is smart, maps are postedeverywhere At first glance you maywonder why anyone would needone in such a tiny place, but as you’work your way farther back andgind more rooms and moreshelves, you will be glad they arethere. Classical music plays quietlyas a filling background to the vastshelves of literature, textpooks, andreferences.Many professors, particularly in the Humanities or Social Science,have begun using the SeminaryCo-op more and more to ordertextbooks for their classes, as ittends to be more efficient and reli¬able than the University Bookstore.The textbooks are all in a separateroom, arranged by subject andprofessors name which may be asconfusing to the neophyte as thegeneral layout. Several staff mem¬bers are usually whom you can askfor heip and who will show you howto place special orders.Out in the general labyrinth youcan find books as diverse as acookie cookbook, a children's bookin the original Chmesse, and Sylviacomic books, as well as esoteric likea Hawaiian dictionary. In the front isa rack with The complete Penguinlibrary, and a niche near the frontholds film, feminist and gay studies.The history section is large and hasbeen subdivided into section bysubject and location, and there aresizeable sections in anthropology,linguistics, literary criticism, philoso¬phy, and theology. It also carriessome popular paper backs andtends to have an extensive rangeof art calendars.You can purchase a share in theSeminary Cooperative Bookstore for$10.00 a share. This entitles you tosuch benefits as ten percent offeach purpose and the abilitycharge your purchases [due on thefifteenth of the following month].You also get a share in any profitsthe bookstore makes each year,and can special order any Pook inprint. If you no longer want to be amember, you can sell your sharesback to the Coop for the purchaseprice.The Chicago TheologicalSeminary Co-op BookstoreFortunately, one doesn't have tosay "The Chicago TheologicalSeminary Co-op Bookstore.'' "TheCo-op" will do. I've always had theodd feeling that I have to apologizefor being of the wrong religiouspersuasion when I go to the semi¬nary Co-op. When I go into theTheological Seminary building andgo so deeply in that I find myselfwalking down the stairs, I can't helpbut feel an intruder. My feeling,though, is without a basis. The onlyfaith I have found there is a faith inand of books. Maybe it is a com¬pletely personal bias, but probablymany other people at this universityhave it. For me, books are a kind offaith. The only trips I really lookforward to are trips to places thatpeople wrote in, places peoplewrote about. The seminary Co-ophas something in common withthese places. It has the smell of newbooks This smell somehow makesme think of new places that I wHIsomeday visit. The books are not,however, something sacred andforbidden to the--uninitiated. Theyare plentiful, well organized and Ican afford to buy them.The people at the bookstore arevery helpful to the confused stu¬dents that are still uninitiated to the which not only give a healthy dis¬count on purchases but will alsoprove to have been a very stableinvestment when time comes toleave the university.This is the place to look first for yourtextbooks. One might also betempted to buy books from classesthat one isn't taking. The bookstorehas one long aisle of books forcourses well labeled with the nameof the instructorThe Seminary Coop has only twomajor flaws — neither of which isnecessarily something it shouldremedy. One is that it doesn't haveall of the textbooks for all of thecourses* This is probably the re¬sponsibility of the university book¬store but I'm not really sure If any¬one knows about this we wouldappreciate the feedback I'm notreally a reporter, just someone wholikes books. The other flaw is that thebookstore doesn't carry usedbooks. They don't need to. But forsome people only bookstores withold books can bring happiness.There are so many things that areout of print that we still want toread. This need is met quite well inHyde Park by two highly distinctiveused bookstores. The Seminary Co¬op doesn't really need Jo carryused books. It is one of the mostimportant places in Hyde Park andonly a few things keep it from beinga spot of pilgrimages. It is certainlyone of the best things of it's kind. The University of Chicago doeshave its own official student book¬store. it is nestled, appropriately be¬tween the Quads and the UniversityHospital on Ellis. I suspect it hassomething to do with being so closeto the administration building, butthe University of Chicago Bookstoreseems a bit too secure.Other Universities have large,wealthy stores that provide everyimaginable kind of typewriterribbon, study aid and eraser [theerasers are usually in many strangeand wonderful forms from staedferwhite blocks to strange orangehunks that resemble university dig¬nitaries],. They even often havebooks. Wouldn't it be nice to go toone bookstore and find all of thebooks one might need for classes9What would happen if students hadonly to write one check for nearly allthe school supplies and books theywill need for an entire term? Wouldit ruin the entire free-enterprise sys¬tem9 Some Universities have book¬stores with all of these benefits. Oursdoesn't.Our noble alma mater has afrequently annoying habit of com¬paring itself to other schools [e gThe University of Chicago-Harvardof the midwest, or worse, HarvardThe U of C of the east]. This isprobably very unhealthy and is cer¬tainly distracting but it might do ourbookstore some good if she were tostart comparing herself to her lessillustrious cousins. Eventually thiscould lead to some minor financialdifficulties for some the other book¬stores in Hyde Park, but I suspectthey would recover some of themoney If students had a cheaperand more convenient way of get¬ting the books and supplies theyneed to get, they might be able to afford to spend more time andmoney at the other bookstores insearch of new and exciting thingsto read of a more obscure nature.They would also be free to look inthe other bookstores for texts toenhance classes [no, that wasn'tmeant to imply Cliff notes].Still, every U of C student will atsome point have to enter the re¬volving doors of the Universitybookstore, at least to climb thestairs and buy the textbook thatwasn't available elsewhere. Newstudents will probably have pro¬mised too many people backhome University of Chicago sweat¬shirts, bumperstickers and godknows what other strange thingsemblazoned with our logo. Thebookstore does have these things.The staff is usually patient with andkind to the students. But with analmost captive consumer audienceof 8000, sne should be able to getamazing prices on merchandise[which could be passed on to thecustomers], and make quite a niceprofit With a healthy income, thebookstore could purchase largerand more varied ways to serve it's"constituency." For now, we have astudent store of could-be andshould-oe. It could be better, itshould have a tremendous amountof potential and it could live up to it.20—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986beneitonin hyde parkat53'a & harper11-7 Monday-Saturday 12-6 Sunday★THE^MUSICWORKSYes We’re Still:Remodeling SaleSave 20% to 60% on:KEYBOARDSKAWAI K.JAKAICASIOSEILBONTEMPI GUITARS & BASSESKRAMERARIAROBINESPDEAN— plus— AMPLIFIERSPEAVEYGALLIEN-KRUEGERSEYMOUR DUNCANPOLYTONEKMDFostex X-15 multitrack.Sonic and Bag End cabinets.Audio Technica & Shure microphones. If vou’re tired of “used car lot” sales tactics, cometalk to us about the equipment you really need.Beginner or pro. we can help vou make the right choice.Used equipment of all types • Liberal trade-in allowance. Instruments • Instruction • RepairWe service everything we sell!Expert repairs and modificationson all fretted instruments.THE MUSIC WORKS5210 S. HarperIn Hyde Park—just minutes from Lake Shore DriveVisa /Mastercard American Express LayawayRockefeller JR mortal Chapel5850 §. HIooMakm962-7000jgunbap, Sept. 28q-nn a m. Srruirc of Hub Communionibmarb O. IBrotmtBran of the Chapel,preacher.Carillon recital anb totorrtour.>lvlh'lh'lh‘r?IV»VI'VTTT7TVIVT'IT;TiTS23Xl The David and AlfredSMART GALLERYJoin us in our celebration of the visual artsCross Sections: Russia, The Land, Japanese Quest forRecent Additions The People: a New Vision:to the Collection Russian Painting The Impact offOct 9-Dec 7) 1850-1910 Visiting Chinese’ *(Jan. 22-Mar. 8) Painters. 1600-1900(Mar. 26-May 3)Tradition and Conflict: The 1987 M.F.A. ShowImages of a Turbulent (July 16-Aug. 30)Decade, 1963-1973(May 15-June 30)i["W5550 South Greenwood Avenue■ L • .Free Admission Tues.-Sat. 10-4 Sun. 12-4The ( hicago Maroon—Friday. September 26. 1986—21r•N.H 1 Hungry? Why not try....Studying certainly stimulates the appetite.Here are our recommendations for satisfying allkinds of tastes.Amy Sapp, an assistant manager at Randy'sNew York Deli Restaurant smiles behind the delicounter. Randy's emulates the New York Deli. Thefood is served with a smile, a smile which dinersreproduce after tasting the fare.5219 S. Hyde Park Blvd.By Diana HillLarrv KavanaghStaff WritersPizzaGiordano'sBlackstone & 53rd St., 947-0200Giordano’s serves classic Chicago stuffedpizza, definitely one of the best in the city.There is a certain mystique to Giordano's,almost as if pizza were first created thereThose who have not experienced such pizzabefore should be advised that it takes atleast an hour to prepare it. Giordano's isthe only one of the four Hvde Park piz¬zerias that does not deliver, but their pizzais well worth the hikeEdwardos1321 E 57th St.. 241-7960One of Edwardo s best features is thelunchtime special: a cheese, sausage orspinach mini stuffed pizza within 10 min¬utes for between 3 and 4 dollars Edwardo sregular stuffed pizza somehow seems alittle inferior to Giordano’s, but this ismore because they lack a feeling ofmystique. Their pizza is tasty and theydeliverMedici on 57th1450 E 57th St . 667 7394With the demise of the Agora, the Medicicould be the student hangout on campus.Wooden tables crowded in a small areagive the place a lively, distinct feelingfound in few other restaurants in HydePark The Medici serves pan style pizza,which is a little thinner than deep dish. It isa bit spicy, but a pleasant change from thesometimes too filling deep dish pizza. Thehamburgers are thick and juicy, and thespecials are usually good Expect to spendfive or six dollars They deliver.Nicky's Pizza & Chinese FoodKim bark Plaza. 53rd and Woodlawn.324-5340No this isn’t a sweet and sour pizzaplace. Nicky's pizza is flat, the kind thatmost people are used to. It is a bit greasy,but some people swear by it. Personally Ilike the Chinese food better than the pizza.The Manchurian beef is especially good.They deliverFast foodMcDonald's1344 E 53rd St.Students with cars tend to visit McDon¬ald’s frequently because they have a park¬ing lotWendy’s1512 E 53rd St.Wendy’s offers a wider variety of fo<xlthan McDonald’s. The salad bar provides awelcome diversion from fast food burgers. Parking by Wendy’s can be a problemtimes.Kentucky Fried Chicken1511 E Hyde Park Bl.The Colonel’s location, on 51st St., iso¬lates this restaurant from the University.KFC can also serve as a break from theburger madness of fast foodSammy’s Touch5659 S Cottage Grove Av.Sammy's provides Greek fast food Thegyros plate will fill up even the mosthungry personHaroM’s Chicken Shack1364 E 53rd St.Harold's is the food which some studentswill die for, or at least die of. The friedchicken is dipped in a hot sauce which youdo not soon forget For the less suicidal,Harold's can also be obtained sans hotsauce The chicken is served as a quarteror a half of a chicken. One of the reasonsfor its popularity is the price. A half costsabout $3.50.Ribs ■' Bibs lac5300 S DorchesterAcross the street from Harold's tastyribs are cooked For some reast a, though,this restaurant has never enjoyed the popularity of Harold's, though its food may bebetterClose by CampusCampus coffer shopsall over the place ?vobnu£Nearly every building on campus con tains a coffeeshop They all serve coffee,juice, soda, and some sort of pastry orbagel. Stuart Hall holds one of the best.Cobb Coffeeshop Has undergone majorrenovations and sitouid open soon. Crerarjoins the Regenstein this year in the chainof student government sponsored shops.The Blue Gargoyle5655 S University Av.A great lunchtime place for vegetarianfood at reasonable prices. The menu var¬ies. If you’re into bean sprouts, the BlueGargoyle is for you.Morry’sHutchinson Commons in the ReynoldsClub and the U of C BookstoreStudents often joke about Morry’s res¬taurants, perhaps because several of theemployees do not speak English Jokesaside, the Morry’s in the Revolds Clubprobably serves more people in one daythan most Hyde Park restaurants do in aweek. The Morry's in Hutch boasts such alarge selection of food that even the fini-ckiest of people can find something to suittheir fancy. The heavy volume of custom¬ers testifies to their quality. The C Shop,also in the Reynolds Club, treats the Uni¬versity to a tempting array of ice creamand bakery products. The Morry's at thebookstore is more of a deli fast food res¬taurant than anything else. The sandwichesare thick and satisfying.Salonica57th & BlackstoneNow the last of the Greek diners '.eSalonica s food tastes much like the g-ora's did. Both the menu and the d \gspace, however, are limited. It is a eeplace to relax and leave the University(and your homework > behind you.MexicanEl Lugar55th, just east of the 1C tracksThis is another grat get-away type res¬taurant. El Lugar offers Mexican foodssuch as burritos, tacos, and enchiladas.And, as is true with all good Mexicanrestaurants, the drinks alone are worth thetrip. A few strawberry margantas willmake anyone forget that they are remotelynear a learning institution.Chinese & ThaiHouse of EngDel Prado, 53rd & Hyde Park Blvd.Located on top of the Del Prado hotel, theHouse of Eng offers a great view of Chic¬ago, especially from the patio. The Chinesefood is a little too Americanized, and oftenlacks flavor, though the egg rolls are goodand the shrimp with lobster sauce is ex¬cellent. The prices are rather high forChinese food — about $12 per person for afull meal.UingWah53rd St. & KenwoodGood Chinese food at fair prices. Carry¬out only.Thai on 5555th St., just east of the IC tracksThai on 55 is a great place for both Thaiand Chinese food, so those with ad¬venturous tastes can try the spicy exoticThai food, while others can find old favor¬ites in the Chinese listings. The shu mai<shrimp dumplings* and oyster saucedishes are highly recommended. Carry-outor dine there.I tipsudai 65th St., just east of the IC tracks22—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986 Mostly Thai food, with a few Chinesedishes, ‘ Tipsuda is known for generoushelpings of good food Carry-out or dinethere. Prices are reasonable.Thai Twin53rd St., just east of the IC tracksYet another Thai and Chinese restaurant.They're all good — take your pick This onehas both a carry-out and a dining section.Note: see also Nicky’s Pizza & ChineseFood under pizza.The bestofthe restMedici On HarperHarper CourtThis Medici sets a more formal table.The selections are much more varied thanat the 57th St. one. and this one servesdrinks. This is a great place to go for a firstdate. The prices are higher than the 57thSt. operation, but are pretty good consider¬ing the up-scale atmosphereMellow Yellow53rd & HarperCrepes and award-winning chili make foranother one of Hyde Park’s odder combina¬tion restaurants. The special menu of otheritems is tilled with good entrees. They havean oblong hamburger served on two slicesof french bread which tastes great Be sureto save room for the dessert crepes.Orly’s55th St., a block and a half east ofthe IC tracksOrly’s is a general sort of place witheverything from sandwiches to steaks andseafood. They offer good food in a pleasantatmosphere. Desserts are excellent. Pricesare moderately expensive.Piccolo Mondo56th St., a block east of the IC tracksAh. to spend a lifetime here They havewonderful bread which makes for greatsandwiches. Piccolo Mondo is an ItalianDeli whose popularity is on the rise in HydePark. The homemade iasagna oozes withcheese and the ice cream caps a mealnicely. They have a deli counter wheredinners can be bought and taken borne.Tm-TsunaHarper CourtTen-Tsuna is Hyde Parti’s only Japaneserestaurant, serving both seafood and Jap¬anese steak. The food is delicious; pneesare rather expensiveT.J.’s5500 S Shore Dr.T.J.’s is my favorite restaurant in HydePark They specialize in seafood and theirsteak is always tender and juicy T.J.’s isalso the most expensive restaurant in HydePark. Expect to spend $25 a person It costa lot, but for those special occasions it setsthe mood perfectly. Try it, you’re worth it.University Gardens53rd St & KenwoodUniversity Gardens serves Middle East¬ern food. Dishes are delicately flavoredwith exotic seasonings — a deliciouschange of pace Pastries are excellent.Valois53rd St & HarperThe Valois is the oldest restaurant inHyde Park They serve generous amountsof hearty, home-style food at low prices.“See your food’’ is their motto, since foodis served cafeteria-style.■ ■- • ■YOUR HYDE PARKEDM’S"NATURAL PIZZAFOR DELIVERY,PICKUP OR DINE IN,DIAL241-79601321 E. 57th St.“If You Want Great Pizza,Go to Edwardo’s”The Frugal GourmetEdwardo’s - “rated at theBEST stuffed pizza inChicago”Chicago Tribune“Edwardo’s Stuffed Pizza isthe most innovative in thecity”Chicago Magazine“Edwardo’s Light Pizzahave 310-365 calories perserving”International Institute of FoodsEXPRESSmenANY ITEM ONLUNCH MENUSERVED IN10 MINUTESOR IT’SFREEMON.-SUN. 11 AM-2:30 PMEXPRESSSUMMERlSPECIAL DINNERPACKAGE SERVEDIN15 MINUTESOR IT’SFREESUN.-THURS. 4 PM-CLOSINGDINK IN ONLYmne-m ohm Just bring in any size color print film for quality developingand printing by Kodak. 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This offer runs April 7 through May 7, 1986Find out how good your prints can be...Ask for quality processing by Kodak.We accept Visa, Mastercard and American ExpressBl'he University of ChicagoPhoto \ Department 2nd FloorD47(1 |,j\t Sxth Street • l hmiji llln (3121 962-7558(IBXI 5-4365Sundays9:40 a.m. Christian Education for all ages11:00 a.m. Worship (Lord's Supper every third Sunday)12:30 p.m. Pot-Luck Dinner every fourth SundayPick-up in front of Regenstein at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.look for "Cornell" signTuesdays and Thursdays3:30-5:00 p.m. Kids' Klub for grades 1-6(Gomes Crofts Bible Stories Music Help with Homework--FREE!)Wednesdays7:30 p.m. Prayer Time and StudyTopic: Church Involvement in CommunityEconomic Development8:30 p.m. Choir RehearsalSaturdays11:00-1:00 p.m. Community Food PantryOther ActivitiesSmall GroupsYouth GroupNursery provided Sunday and WednesdayTransportation available for all events by calling 268-4910Susan Lockwood Wright, PastorSBC affiliatedThe Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26. 1986—23Who the...What the... Hell is it?Where the...By Karen E. AndersonDevelopment EditorJust as a good wine has its own par¬ticular bouquet, every college campus hasits own slang words and special activitieswhich are unique to it and give it its owndistinct character. However, this collegejargon can be confusing, especially tofreshmen who may know little about theinstitution to which they have signed awayfour or more years of their lives, or tothose upperclassmen who have managed tospend their college time in a removed haze.Below are some of the more confusingterms one may encounter while navigatingthis campus. In other words, this is a guideto Who the...What the...Where the...HELLis it?Who...Labbies: Probably the happiest, coolest,and most interesting people whom you willever meet on this campus. Labbies are thehigh school students from the UniversityLaboratory School. They inhabit our cam¬pus and enjoy it in the way in which wewould if we went to most other colleges.You can recognize them by their partiallyshaved heads, torn leather garb, chainsmoking exuberance, and Diet Cokes. Lookfor them at concerts and fraternity parties.Ombudsman: A funny name for a student’sbest friend. The Ombudsman will help youto cut through red tape or will at leastlisten sympathetically to you when you getsnared by University regulations. Youshould go to the Ombudsman when youwant to get someone higher up in theUniversity system (faculty or adminis¬ trator) fired or in a lot of trouble. TheOmbudsman is also a good person to knowif you are threatened with expulsion from aclass or perhaps your dorm.Karl Weintraub: The person for whom youwill spend one or perhaps even two of youryouthful nights trying to sleep in the rainon the ground in front of Harper Library asyou camp out for registration in the spring.When you finally get into his class he willmake you come to extra discussions everyweek but his classroom insults make greatconversation at the dinner table. See“Camp Out” below.Joseph Regenstein: A benevolent soulwhom we will all admire and want to grow’up to be like. He made a lot of money on asimple idea, the cellophane window enve¬lope, and built a lovely library for you tospend all of your time in.Geek: What all of your friends at home willprobably call you at least once when theyhear about your lifestyle here. Recognizethe real geek by greasy hair, slide rulerand the haggard “My mother loves me andbuys all my clothes for me” look. You willfind him/her in the corners at fraternityparties.Fifth Year Student: What you probablydon’t want to be.What...Sophonisba Day: A Spring celebration atBreckinridge House. Get to know someoneat Breckinridge by winter quarter and getinvited to the festivities if you can swing it.It’s a great chance to eat, drink cham¬pagne, and watch you favorite profs getbombed.continued on pg. 25 BLOOM COUNTYr Berke BreathedHe reiepomp100 oumft msMV AIY MFC'SMm mis /mum.SMTMNbS bOfm ee me. jmsWfU/ mm m cmmecuus wfafmep. mAfmpm suM.Y vmnbim ft cat.OtMK ' ITS MOOTKM CAP BU- WeAOWWftAEmecATser pm ftcnnuiimo me me motion offFlFAOATBF geCVMNO ft CATArm too " iMFiooes weCATHOLIC STUDENT CENTERCALVERT HOUSE • 5735 S. UNIVERSITY • 288-2311Opening Mass for the school year is at Bond Chapel, Sunday, Sept. 28th at 11:00 a.m.AA A QQ WEEKDAYS: Noon and 5:00 p.m. (except Wednesday at noon) SATURDAY: 5:00 p.m.lYIMwv SUNDAY 8:30a.m.; 10:00 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. and5:15p.m.WELCOME TO CALVERT HOUSE!Calvert House sponsors many social, recreational, and religious programs throughout theyear. You are sure to find one that suits your interest. You are welcome to use the base¬ment lounge as a place to read, relax or visit friends. There are bulletin boards in thelounge where you may post notices, and read about community and university activities.There are also magazines, newspapers, a television and a stereo in the lounge.Sometimes in winter we hope to have hot coffee, tea and hot chocolateCATHOLIC INSTRUCTIONSWould you or someone you knoW like to become a Catholic? Any student at the Universitywho is interested in becoming a Catholic should contact Father Braxton during theAutumn quarter. A series of individual information and formation sessions will bedeveloped to meet the needs of each student. There will also be group discussions ai, Jtimes for prayer. Once students are confident that they wish to become Catholics theyshould select sponsors from the Calvert House community who will then join them in theirmeetings. Ordinarily Baptisms and Confirmations are celebrated durinq Holy Week at theEaster Vigil.One Saturday each quarter (usually the 3rd or 4th Saturday) Calvert House will offer a Dayof Recollection for Catholic students at the University. These days will begin at 9:00 amand end with the 5:00 pm Mass. They will consist of readings, discussion, prayer andreflections by Father Braxton. Lunch will be served. There will be no charge. For further in¬formation call Calvert House.TUESDAY EVENING DISCUSSIONSOnce or twice a quarter Calvert House will host informal discussions on Tuesday eveningsfrom 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, on topics of interest such as the final draft of the AmericanBishops’ pastoral letter on the economy. These will focus upon brief articles which must bepicked up and read in advance.Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D,, S.T.D., Director24—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986NOW, IF THIS MS OLIVERme rmm i hap somezone: there’? templeBE ft STARTUNO WFTH FOURtwist tmno teleporterTO ftU THU THIS MORNIHO..PONT TOOTHINK TT'S HKjHVME MICHAELoo JACKSON umron. on ft cm. *Hellcontinued from pg. 24*The Bored: The U of C’s own lonely heartsnewsbulletin/dating information network.Hopefully it will be back this year, so lookfor it on your favorite wall in Cobb or at theRegenstein.TANSTAAFL: The cafe in Pierce Tower atwhich you can buy evening snacks. True tothe U of C school of economics creed,“TANSRAAFL’s nomiker comes from“There Ain’t No Such Thing As A FreeLunch.” It follows the great U of C tradi¬tion of students making money from theirpeers’ weaknesses.Fred: The Shoreland’s answer to TAN¬STAAFL.Pheimister Hall: A graduate residence hallwhich is located on the “A” bus route. Thisbit of information probably has no rele¬vance whatsoever to your life.Camp Out: Something the administrationseems to think is really cute. You take afew thousand students, most of whom havetype A personalities, create a few excellentclasses that they will all want to take, andthen tell all of the students that the onlyway to get into these classes is to get anearly advisor appointment for registration.Just like little lemmings matchings into the sea, all of the students sleep out in front ofHarper so that they can get into desirableclasses. Then the University publicity or¬ganization has something heart warming towrite about in the next alumni newsletterand the students all have an excuse formissing class. This also gives us a tradi¬tion, albeit a perverse one, just like the“real” Universities out East. Don’t be tooshocked by it all, some people really doshow up with tents, cookstoves, and bags ofgroceries.Nuclear Punch: (also known as ElectricKool-Aid) It looks like Kool-Aid, it smellslike Kool-Aid, but this concoction certainlyisn’t something that your mother taughtyou how to make. Remember how goodKool-Aid made you feel on hot days whenyou were a little kid? This mixture of grainalcohol and drink mix will make you feeltwice as good, until it makes you feel like aused doormat the next day. Nuclear Punchis served at parties to unsuspectingfreshmen with encouraging words like,“Oh, you don’t really like the way alcoholtastes? That’s O.K., try some of this punch,it’s really sweet...”-nerk. -slunk: Two suffixes that the Uni¬versity will attach to words when it is trying to make you go to something to havefun so that you won’t become so depressedby the U of C environment that you aredriven to suicide.Kuviasungnerk: A prime example of theabove. This is a week during winter quar¬ter which operates on the principle that youshould do something painful because italways feel so much better when you stop.During this week you can do early morningcalisthenics en masse and then march outto the lake to bark at the sun in an Eskimosalute. By the time it’s over, nothing looksquite so grim any more. Get your fingersnimbled up for the high speed knittingcontest.Smoke Dope on Campus for Nancy ReaganDay: Like all of the best of U of C tradi¬tions, this method of publically challengingthe powers that be comes from some place married.Where...The Crerar Coffee Shop: Sorry, it hasn’tquite materialized yet, so don’t botherlooking for it when you go to Crerar Li¬brary to study. You’ll have to contentyourself with vending machine cuisine fornow.The Student Union: It’s actually Ida Noyes,the foreboding building across fromWoodward Court. Although the outside maylook a little archaic and uninviting, theinside has been remodeled and is nowbecoming a comfortable place in which torelax.Your loan checks: Do you like adventurefilms? Good, because finding out where allthat money you borrowed is can be sort oflike that. You will probably have the bestelse, namely MIT, where they smoke dopein public for numerous celebrities. This isthe one cause that’s near and dear enoughto U of C students’ souls so that they willeven brave arrest to participate. Bringyour caftan, tie dyed skirt, and GratefulDead tapes. It happens some time thisspring on the quads in full view of theadministration building. You should alsoBYOD (Bring Your Own Dope) and somemoney in case you need to bail out afriend—last year some students reallywere arrested.Bond Chapel: This little building acrossfrom Cobb Hall by the C bench is a greatplace to meditate or pray if your karmagets a little stifled by the materialisticgrandness of Rockefeller Chapel. For fu¬ture reference, it’s also a great place to get luck if you scale the steps to the fourthfloor of the Bookstore, trusty validated U ofC I D. in hand. 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Theconference, named the University AthleticAssociation (UAA), will include Chicago;Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh,Pa; Case Western Reserve University,Cleveland, Ohio; Emory University, At¬lanta Ga; Johns Hopkins University, Bal¬timore, Md; New York University, NewYork City; the University of Rochester,Rochester, N.Y.; and Washington Univer¬sity, St. Louis, Mo.Provost Norman Bradburn explained therationale for the new conference saying,“The University of Chicago’s participationin the new association will further enhanceopportunities for our students to competeagainst student athletes from other re¬search universities that share a commonphilosophy concerning the role of athleticsin a college education. That philosophyholds that athletics is part of the overalleducational process and should be con¬ducted in a manner consistent with theuniversity’s central academic mission.”While some games between UAA mem¬bers are scheduled for 86-87 season, theconference will not formally play until the87-88 season. The schools will play out their obligations to their present conferencesthis year.According to Mary Jean Mulvaney,chairperson of physical education and ath¬letics, ten schools attended a meeting lastOctober to discuss the possibility of aleague of Universities. Two, Brandeis ancfMIT, dropped out of the plans at an earlystage. Most of the final planning was con¬cluded by April, but the announcement waswithheld until “several details could betaken care of.”Mulvaney stated that the conference wasset up to include major research uni¬versities located in metropolitan areas.To Dan Hall, dean of admissions for theCollege, the new conference could becomea factor in recruiting students. How majora factor it is “depends on what happenswith the conference,” Hall said. He con¬tinued, “All of the schools must make adecision as to what sports will be em¬phasized.” The dean pointed out that pres¬ently only five of the schools play football.Hall was optimistic, though, that the con¬ference “could develop into a model ofwhat division III athletics should be, andthat would attract students.”Observers note that, at the very least, theconference can launch outstanding ath¬letes, like Gretchen Gates and Bruce Mon-tella, into national media coverage. Whilethe name University of Chicago attractedsome attention to these athletes last year, aconference of athletic scholars more easily draws the eye of the press. The conferencealso fits into the continuing plans of theUniversity to improve campus life. Byproviding opponents with greater namerecognition, the University hopes to attractmore students to athletic events.Several of the schools in the new confer¬ence have been ranked in the top ten ofdivision III in recent years: Case-Westernin football, Johns Hopkins in swimmingand fencing, NYU in basketball, andWashington in soccer and tennis. Roch¬ester’s press packet boasts that it had 23individuals win All-American honors lastyear. Despite this competition Mulvaneybelieves that U of C will compete effec-The UAA elected Mary Jean Mulvaney,the chairperson of physical education andathletics at U of C, to their executivecommittee last week. Four representa¬tives from each of the eight schools methere on September 17th and 18th to drawup bylaws and a constitution for the newconference.“I think it’s great that the University ison the executive committee. The execu¬tive committee will be very important tively in the UAA. “We are strong in allsports and don’t specialize in one or twolike some of the other schools,” she ob¬served. Mulvaney pointed out that whileNYU has a basketball team that makes itto the NCAA division III playoffs yearly,they don’t field a football team.Mulvaney admitted that playing in theUAA will mean more expenses for theathletic department but stated that thecosts “won’t be as major as people mightexpect due to the deregulation of airfares.” She commented that the Maroonswill most likely continue to play teams inthe MCAC and MACW, their current con¬ferences, because of their proximity.this year,” Mulvaney remarked.According to Mulvaney the delegatesalso discussed scouting, officiating,scheduling, and a new logo. Their rec¬ommendations will be voted on by thepresidents of the Universities in October.Mulvaney also revealed that Brandeis,a school in on the early discussions ab-aout the UAA, sent representatives topresent their case for admission to thesports league. No action was taken onBrandeis’s petition.!Burning the midnightoil may be necessary.Burning the 2:00or 3:00or 4:00 AM oil is absurd.Especially when an HP calculator can get theanswers you want — in time to get a good night ssleep.For instance, our HP-15C Professional Scientific Calculatorhas more built-in advanced math and statistical power than an\other calculator. Our HP-41 Advanced Scientific Calculators haveeven more potential. 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Despite solid play from returningseniors Phyllis Williamson and Mary Ishii,Chicago dropped their first match to NorthPark College 6-15, 7-15. Senior PaigeThompson contributed with an outstandingday at the service line, including three aceserves in the first match and one in thesecond match, which Chicago lost toBlackburn College 2-15, 9-15. The Maroonoffensive attack bottomed out in their thirdmatch, as they managed to score only sixpoints in two games against Aquinas Col¬lege. ~One reason for Chicago’s lack of offensewas the limited playing time of hitterVivien Eschenbach. Head coach RosalieResch is counting on Eschenbach, a senior,to provide consistency and experience inthe front line this season. However Es¬chenbach was sidelined for the majority ofthe tournament with a knee injury. KarlaAllen, a first year student from In¬dianapolis, showed great potential whilefilling in for Eschenbach. “We were verypleased with her play,” stated Resch. “Shemade very few errors, and we found outthat she is the type of player that plays herbest in a competitive situation.” Resch was also pleased by the perform¬ance of freshman starter Kelly Britson,who played in both the front and backrows. “She’s small for a middle hitter(5’7”>, but she has a nice vertical jump,”commented Resch. “She had a couple ofnice solo blocks and played good defense.” Setters Mary Ishii and Marilyn Craigboth played well for the Maroons. “Maryprovided stable setting and handled theball very well,” noted Resch. “Marilyn,setting in her first matches, was very solidplaying a position in which there is a greatdeal of pressure.” According to Resch, the team needs towork on the transition from offense todefense and concentrate on running theoffense more quickly to compensate for theMaroons’ lack of height. “We have hitterswho can hit the ball consistently well, butwe don’t have the players like we had lastyear, with the height and power to hit overthe block. We have to work on creatingmismatches and hitting through andaround the block.”Despite the Maroons’ showing in thetournament, Resch is optimistic about herteam’s prospects for the rest of the season.“We just didn’t have enough time in oneweek to work on everything that we wantedto. This year we implemented a four-manservice reception pattern, which is new toeven the returning players. Consequentlywe didn’t have as much time at practice towork on individual skills. For example, westill have some people on the team whodon’t know how to tip the ball, which is avery basic volleyball fundamental. We'lltake care of individual skills like that infuture practices.”The Maroons will face a number of toughopponents this year, including ColoradoCollege, a nationally ranked team lastyear, and perennially tough Aurora Col¬lege. The teams to beat in the conferenceare once again Lake Forest and SaintNorbert College, who finished first andsecond in the conference last year.Olivet linebacker Clint Alexander inter¬cepted a Matt Schaefer pass early in thefourth quarter to set up a touchdown as theFighting Comets (2-0) downed the Maroons(1-1), 12-3, Saturday afternoon before acrowd of 800 at Stagg Field.Alexander’s 36-yard return gave theComets lst-and-goal at the Chicago 4-yardline. Fullback Terry Hessbrook laterscored on a one-yard plunge for theComets’ insurance touchdown. Maroons open withDefensively the Comets shut down theMaroon ground game in key situations, andstiffened in the fourth quarter against theMaroon passing offense. Maroon quarter¬back Matt Schaefer (Sr., Ann Arbor, MI)off to a 13-for-21 start, failed to completehis last six passes of the game. Afterescaping with no sacks in the Maroons’opener against Washington (MO), Schaeferfell victim to the Olivet pass rush fourtimes.“They used their hands very well, es¬pecially to fight off blocks,” said MaroonHead Coach Mick Ewing, referring to theComets.The Maroon defense yielded just 54 yardsin the second half, and has allowed just 106yards per game passing for the season.The Maroons open their Midwest Con¬ference schedule against the Blueboys (1-1), who defeated Principia 41-7 Saturday. 1-1 recordThe game will be carried live on WHPK-FM (88.5) at 1:30 p.m.The Blueboys and Maroons last met in1983, and IC won, 27-14.Chicago punter Jim Bonebrake (Jr.,Joliet, IL) continued his drive for the na¬tional punting title Saturday. He averaged38.7 yards on seven punts, leaving his two-game average at 41.3 yards. He also re¬corded his third punt of the year over 60yards, with a 62-yard rocket in the firstquarter.Eric Smith (Sr., Graham, WA) recordedhis 100th career reception Saturday-...Potential All-American linebacker TedRepass (Sr., Indianapolis, IN) had anotherexcellent game Saturday, as he recorded 15tackles, 2 for a loss, and broke up onepass...Academic All-America candidateDave Baker (Sr., Oak Forest, IL) had 10tackles.Chicago trades hockey for soccerArzou Ahsan talks about the change and U of C women’s sportsArzou Ahsan (right) faces an oppo- “frustrating...but I like being on thenent on the field last year. She finds team.”the change to soccer somewhat%The game was still tied against nation¬ally-ranked Stevens Point. Chicago mid¬fielder Arzou Ahsan received the ball andlet fly with one of her booming drives downthe field. At the sound of the impact, alleleven players from both teams stood mo¬tionless as they watched the bottom half ofArzou s stick pin up in the air, over thefence, and into the ditch by the side of theroad about 70yards away. More than just atestament to Arzou’s power, the brokenstick was symbolic of the season — the lastseason Chicago would sponsor a varsityhockey team.This year Arzou’s stick will be still; shewill have to rely on her feet to put the ballin the goal. For the majority of the hockeyteam — soccer players who were givensticks and skirts and told, “the principle’sthe same, just don’t touch the ball withyour feet” — Chicago’s conversion fromfield hockey to soccer this fall has been along-awaited event. But for a player likeArzou, who was an all-state hockey playerin high school, and turned down an offer toplay Division I field hockey at North¬western, the conversion means a cutting ofher primary sport, taking away her op¬portunity to top-off a tremendous hockeycareer here with a memorable senior sea¬son.I spoke with Arzou about the significancethat the change from hockey to soccerwould have for her and asked her also toelaborate on her roles as captain of thevarsity softball team and president of theWomen’s Athletic Association.Arzou, how are you adjusting to playingsoccer rather than field hockey this year?“Hockey and soccer are conceptuallysimilar games, so mentally I know where Ishould be. But I find it frustrating becausethe physical skills are different. I’m notused to using my feet to move the ball. Forexample, in hockey, if I saw an openplayer, I wouldn’t think twice about pass¬ing the ball across the whole field to her.But in soccer I have to stop and think ‘can I get the ball there?’ The main thing, though,is that I like being on the team, whether it’shockey or soccer.”How do you think the conversion to soccerwill affect your future in hockey?“The program here wasn’t so high-powered that taking a year off will affectmy career that much. As far as hockey isconcerned, I always regretted not going toNorthwestern to play. But I really like thisschool. I don’t think I would be the sameperson I am now if I went to Northwestern.Do you expect to continue playing fieldhockey after college?“I would like to continue playing, eitheron a club on the North Shore or, if I moveto New York, on a club on the East Coast.”Do you see trying out for the national teamin your plans for the future?“Well, it’s always been in the back of mymind as one of my goals, but I’d have towork my way up through the club levelbefore I’d be ready for competition on thenational level.”In addition to being Chicago’s premierhockey player, you’ve also twice made theall-conference team and been named anhonorable mention Academic All-Americanin softball. What are your predictions forthe softball season this year?“I’m really excited about softball. Thisyear I think we can win it all — theconference tournament, not just the divi¬sion title. And we have a good chance for apost-season bid. I think the difference be¬tween this year and last year is that wegained experience playing against DivisionI teams and in a conference tournamentlast year. We’ll be much tougher mentallythis year.”What about your personal goals for theseason?“Well, this year is a little different be¬cause hockey was always my first sport.Now softball is it. Getting recognition forthe Academic All-American team was nice.That gives me something to shoot for thisyear — making the first team, not just honorable mention. I think it’s important tohave personal goals. In being the best I canbe I’m helping the team be its best.”As president of the Women’s Athletic As-socation, you have a lot of responsibility.What are your goals for the WAA thisyear?“I’d like to see the WAA become a morefar-reaching organization. At U of C we dohave a lack of fan interest in women’sathletic contests. I’d like to get the rest ofcampus more aware of our programs.”What exactly is the function of the W.A.A.?“I knew you were going to ask thatquestion, everybody does. The WAA iscomprised of all the varsity women ath¬letes at U of C. The WAA board is con¬stituted of people who represent not only the athletes, but also the interests of theathletic program in general. We serveprimarily as a social organization for theathletes. There are a lot of pressures forwomen athletes here to fulfill the com¬mitments they make. Playing on a team isa big commitment, both time-wise andmentally. We act as a support group foreach other.”Any final comments?“The athletic experience here has beenvery good. It has added to the overallcollege experience for me. I’d like to en¬courage women athletes to participate in asport here if they are serious about it. Oneshouldn’t be afraid to at least try out for ateam; a good athlete can always learnsomething new.”30—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986. • ' ■ October Sports CalendarSUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY1MEN’S SOCCERvs JUDSONHOME 4:00 PMVolleyballvs RiponAway 7:00pm 2 3w. SOCCERVS EMORYHOME 3:00PMVolleyballWash U. invit.Away 4 FOOTBALLVS MONMOUTHHOME 1:30PMCross Countryaway vs Beloit'Men's socceraway vs Beloit5Women's tennisSt. Mary’s Invitat.awayWomen's soccervs Riponaway 2:30 6 7 W. SOCCERVS L. FORESTHOME 4:00PMVOLLEYBALLVS BELOITHOME 7:30PMW. tennis away 8MEN’S SOCCERVS VALPARAISOHOME 4:00PM 9 10VOLLEYBALLVS LAWRENCEHOME 8:00PMW SOCCERVS RIPONHOME 4:00PM 1 1FOOTBALLVS LAWRENCEHOME 2:00PMVOLLEYBALLVS ST. NORBERTHOME 3:00PM12W. SOCCERVS LAWRENCEHOME 1:00PM 13 14 15Men’s soccervs Lake Forestaway 4:00pm 16VOLLEYBALLVS NORTH PARKHOME 7:30PM 17Women's soccervs. St. Norbertaway 4:00pmWomen's tennis MAC 18MEN’S SOCCERVS ST. NORBERTHOME 3:00PMFootball, W soccer,Cross Country awayW tournament, away19 20 21 M. SOCCERVS LAWRENCEHOME 4:00PMVolleyball &Women's Soccervs Lake Forestawav 22 23W. SOCCERVS BELOITHOME 4:00PM 24Volleyball MACW 25FOOTBALLVS L. FORESTHOME 1:30PMCROSS COUNTRYHOME 10:00 AMtournament away26II 27 28VOLLEYBALLVS N. CENTRALHOME 7:00PM 29MEN’S SOCCERVS IITHOME 3:00PM 30 3111:00 Jfnhtrrsihj Religious Smiiri'12:00 Carillon anit Hrass Concert1:00 MarionettesApples, cider, treats, balloons, music.On the east lawns of the Chapel.SltNH ;V0 JK 50^ ^ L L v, L- ^ ^ !□iTiT.-mvivr.'i'i'i'.Ti'T'rT'nrfTn'm'iTTi-.'r.'i'iTiT.TiTn'iTiTrrreiChapelJfestiualBatj HYDE PARK ipCOMPUTERS INC.EPSON EQUITY III“AT” COMPATIBLE$2499Complete with 30MB hard disk. 640K. Monitor. Video Card,and One Year Warranty!For All Your Computing Needs...At the Corner of 53rd and Harper*288-5971A PLACE FOR YOU INThe Baptist Student Union is a Baptistorganization at U of C, open to students of allreligious backgrounds and inquiries of the faith.WELCOME LUNCHEON SUNDAY, SEPT. 28BSU OPEN HOUSETUESDAY, SEPT. 305535 S. KIMBARK, APT. 2WCome and meet us. Chuck & Susan Huxster(BSU Campus Ministers) and find yourplace in BSU. For more info, call 324-4448The Chicago Maroon—Fridav. September ‘Jfi iwfi——STUDENT GOVERNMENTWelcomes all new andreturning studentsFALL ELECTIONSwill be held October 8 and 9, 1986Positions available are Justices of the Student-faculty-administration(SFA) Court and Assembly seats for the following:Undergraduate:BlackstoneBreckinridgeBroadview7Burton-JudsonHitchcock-SnellPierceShorelandWoodward1215 E. Hyde ParkCommutersFraternitiesIndependent HousingGraduate:BusinessDivinityLawLibrary ScienceMedicineSSABiological SciencesHumanitiesPublic PolicyPhysical SciencesSocial SciencesPetitions and campaign information available at Student ActivitiesNight (September 28), Ida Noyes 306 and 210. Petitions due Monday,October 6. For more information, call the Student Government Officeat 962-9732.Visit the Student Government table atSTUDENT ACTIVITIES NIGHT* meet your officers (nice friendly people) , K,* Learn about SG Committees and projects-Halloween Party, VolunteerWeek, Book Exchange, Adult Literacy, Speakers’ Bureau and more.* Student groups-learn how to get funding from the Finance Committee.GET INVOLVED - JOIN S.G!wmmMmm32—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986By Karen E. AndersonDevelopment EditorImagine that you are in a strange new place. Surrounding you arepeople who are roughly your own age but whose values and attitudesabout everything extend throughout the spectrum of possible beliefswhich encompass your own. From this Mulligan Stew of humanityyou hope to form some of the closest and most enduring relation¬ships of your adult years. Are you nervous yet?Aside from social demands, you must also prove yourself in anarea in which you place great worth, your intellectual capability.While you may not have been the cleverest person in the neigh¬borhood in which you grew up, you were used to being treatedspecially. Your grades may not always have been up to par, butyour standardized test scores were probably outstanding. Suddentlyyou start to feel average, or even a bit below.Some or all of these experiences are a part of being a first yearstudent at any college. They are perhaps even more intense forentering freshmen at the U of C since students here are traditionallycollections of individuals who will not seek to assimilate quite soreadily as their peers at other schools may do. In short, the first fewweeks at the University of Chicago can be quite an ordeal, no matterwhether a student comes from a sheltered home environment andhas no idea what to expect from college life, or is a resilient soulwho has been highly independent from an early age and finds fewsurprises at the University.Over the past few years the University has sought to change itsimage as a cold grey gothic tower where students are miserable andoften resent the time that they spend there. In case you have notnoticed, a great deal of cash has been directed in the last couple ofyears toward making the University community a more pleasantplace to live. Dances, colleges-sponsored study breaks, and numer¬ous festivals have all sprung up to promote more positive studentsentiment about the U of C. But the university has not neglected oneof the most critical areas of student life. Its Orientation Week forfirst-year and transfer students reflects concern for student moraleand well-being.The Orientation staff is one of the main elements in this effort tomake new students feel comfortable, if not ecstatic, about attendingthe U of C. Orientation Director Jean Treese, alias “MotherTreese,’’ and the other college advisors went to great lengths toensure that Orientation Week went smoothly and that OrientationAides felt the full weight of their responsibility as representatives tonew students and their parents. Unlike other schools, where beingan Orientation Aide is a paid position or something that is rel¬uctantly done, at the U of C students compete to be chosen asvolunteer Orientation Aides. Students who are chosen as Aides areencouraged to establish a good rapport with the freshmen, and theycontinue to participate in student quality of life throughout theschool year since they are also expected to help with activities suchas Parent’s Day and Kuviasungnerk.Perhaps the most humane change has taken place this year.Freshmen are no longer given a placement test early on MondayLetterSave the libraryTo the Editor:A way to wreck a great university is to neglect its library. That is happening rightnow at Regenstein Library.The University can have a great faculty, an outstanding student body, and anotherwise competent administration. If its library fails, however, the entire univer¬sity fails.Unknown to the general University community is the fact that there has been * • *recently a sharp reduction in the budget for the library staff which servicesaquisitions. A library can continue to build up collections, to buy new books, and toaccumulate serials and other publications. If they are not adequately serviced, theentire library system fails. That is the situation now, and it promises to becomeinfinitely worse as budgets have been slashed further than ever. Morale of the staffhas dropped accordingly.Information about the alarming budget cuts is held as a tight secret. The universitycommunity is purposely denied information, for if the truth slips out, the reputationof the university ooviously will plummet.Students and faculty - demand the facts. You have a university to lose if thesituation is not speedily corrected. ... ,,-Name WithheldThe Chicago MaroonThe Chicago Maroon is the official student newspaper of the University ofChicago. It is published twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays.Back issues are available, by mail only, at $1.50 for the first issue and $1.00 foreach additional issue. Send full payment with the request.Larry KavanaghEditor in-ChiefSteven K. AmsterdamAnjali K. FedsonGrey City Journal Editors Molly McClainManaging Editor Elizabeth BrooksSews EditorKaren E AndersonKrishna Ramanujan viewpoints EditorChicago Literary Review Editor Greg Mantel!Sews EditorMadyln DetloffMike SchoopSilent Voices Editor Sports Editor Susie BradyProduction ManagerLarry SteinBusiness ManagerSue SkufcaAdvertising ManagerJaimie WeihrichOffice ManagerAssociate Editor: Mona El Naggar.Staff members: Kate Hill, Louisa WilliamsSpecial thanks to Frank Luby morning of Orientation Week. They are required to attend an 8:30am meeting, but this is not quite the same as an exam. The changeis important for the students because it takes off some of thepressure to start being a student and gives them a more relaxedframe of mind so that they can concentrate on getting to know theirnew classmates during the first hours that they spend on campus.Thus the U of C has made an effort to reform its somewhatvillainous reputation where student quality of life is concerned. Atleast in the case of Orientation Week, it has headed in the rightdirection. Of course some people will still have horrible OrientationWeek experiences. It is difficult to look back fondly upon Phys Edplacement tests, lonely evenings at parties where you know no one,and getting lost on the campus that is now supposed to be yourhome. But we feel that the resentment toward the University itselfmay be a thing of the past. That is a first-year memory that we canall do without.Viewpoint''Pride" in SDIBy Ted StromTrivia quiz: Which Illinois university operatesa Star Wars research center featuring twospace-based nuclear power systems, particlebeam technology, and a non-explosive nuclearpowered laser?That’s right pal. It’s the one that accepts your tuition check. The U of C operatesArgonne National Laboratory, that sprawling, government-owned research centersouthwest of Chicago, along with Argonne’s associated research center in Idaho Andboy, are the guys at Argonne proud of their SDI work! So proud that on May 31 theyhosted “SDI Illinois,” an all day conference at which Illinois high-tech industry repsgot a chance to meet the fellas who sign the SDI contracts. Fortunately theconference was open to anybody who wanted to pay the registration fee, so some ofthe rest of us were able to sit in.Dr. Richard Lewis heads Argonne’s SDI program office, which directs the “multi¬megawatt space power program.” Oh, maybe something to run the space station’scomputers, you say? Not quite; this one is designed to “provide for housekeeping,alert and burst mode operation” (my underlining). This is not peripheral, but theguts of the whole operation Less was said about the SP-100 project, another powersystem under development at Argonne.Of course, one cannot intercept a re-entry vehicle (RV) if one can’t see it anddiscriminate it from decoys. That is why Argonne is working on a neutral particlebeam generator. Unfortunately it will not be tested for a while, as it was designed forthe cargo bay of the space shuttle. Perhaps by the time the next shuttle is launchedArgonne will be ready to test the next phase of SDI, a means of disabling the RVThis is the “Centaurus” project, a non-explosive nuclear powered laser Dr. Lewis, inhis presentation, really wanted to brag about this system but unfortunately it wasclassified just a few weeks before the conferenceThe next job for SDI would be to survive enemy attack. Argonne is working in thisarea as well, but their “active countermeasures’’ work is also classified. In fact thereare many classified projects going on at Argonne, some of which are “totally black,”in Dr. Lewis’s words. That means that even their existence is classified, and Dr.Lewis is probably having bamboo shoved under his fingernails right now for havingsaid that much about them.Can any of this really work0 Sure, but not nearly as well as its designers think itwill. Or as General David C. Jones, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, saidon a visit to the U of C a few years ago, “defensive systems don’t tend to work verywell the first time you use them in combat.” One reason for this is that it is very hardto test these systems under realistic conditions. Star Wars is a case in point: how canit be tested realistically when its actual operating conditions will involve nearbynuclear blasts, thousands of approaching warheads and dummy warheads, andvarious forms of direct attack on the system?The hardware may never get this challenge, but since nobody will be left to takethe blame that may be a moot point. What matters, in the bizarre world of the SDIoffice, is whether it will work in the minds of the designers. Their brilliant tactic,which both Dr. Lewis and SDI’s chief scientist, Dr Yonas, cheerfully explained tome, goes like this: who cares? It can all be modelled by computer, and all of thecomponent parts can be tested separately. If it all works in theory , it will have towork in practice. Right?Would you get aboard a commercial airliner piloted by someone who thinks likethat? This is the “We’ve thought of everything” school of performance, exactly aspracticed at Chernobyl and Cape Canaveral. I was not at all comforted by the factthat these conversations took place about 200 yards from the containment dome forone of Argonne’s experimental reactorsFinally, the system’s greatest challenge: Congress Although some of these “totallyblack” projects could include the Liberal Neutralization Beam (LNB) as well assome Logic Avoidance Software (LAS), the best way to detect, track, and take underfire Congressional critics is to enlist the aid of as much industry as possible. SenatorDixon, who along with Governor Thompson signed the invitations to this little porkroast, is no stranger to such active countermeasures, and he has supported SDI 100%.This is because the same technology can be used to defend a Senate seat, as theSenator hopes to show this fall. Senator Dixon spoke at the dinner that ended theconference, proud of his efforts to support Illinois’s high-tech industries Surely thesecapabilities will deter any wavering Illinois Congressmen from seeking to limit SDIfundingI was really pleased to receive a follow-up letter from the SDI-Illinois conferenceorganizers, reminding me of who I could call to get more information on how to getan SDI contract Thev also let me know who has scored the fat contracts in IllinoisSorry to say, the U of C (Argonne) was edged out of the top spot this year by theastonishing’Illinois Institute of Technology. No surprise; they, after all, have aDepartment of Explosive Science IIT will receive $1 85 million in SDI contracts forfiscal 1986. Argonne comes in second at $1.81 million, although it is not clear whethereither figure includes the “totally black” projects mentioned by Dr. Lewis.Can any attack get through this defensive network** If divestment from companiesthat do business in South Africa is an issue, divestment from this kind of businessought be as well The U of C “operates” Argonne; Argonne’s employees areemployees of the U of C. No chain of corporate decision making can diminishallegations of responsibility here, as it seems to with IBM The SDI office arrangespayment for the U of C through any of several government agencies, and the U of Cpays Dr Lewis and his engineers to design, build, and test devices for the fightingand winning of a nuclear war Although over two thirds of the U of C’s physics facultymembers have publicly refused to have any part in this program, it does not take aPh D. in physics to recognize that this is both foolish and very dangerous workHere is your chance to make a real difference, Mrs Gray, a chance to fire a shotheard around the world. U of C can play a role in stopping it, by refusing to acceptthe Argonne SDI contracts.The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26, 1986—33CLASSIFIEDADVERTISINGClassified advertising in the Chicago Maroon is$2 tor the first line and $1 for each additionalline. Lines are 45 characters long INCLUDINGspaces and punctuation. Special headings are 20character lines at $4 per line. Ads are notaccepted over the phone, and they must be paidin advance. Submit all ads in person or by mailto The Chicago Maroon, 1212 E. 59th St., Chic¬ago IL 60637 ATTN Classified Ads. Our office isin Ida Noyes Rm. 305. Deadlines: Tuesday &Friday at 5:00 p.m., one week prior to publication. Absolutely no exceptions will be made!In case of errors for which the Maroon isresponsible, adjustments will be made or cor¬rections run only if the business office is noti¬fied WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK of theoriginal publication. The Maroon is not liablefor any errors.SPACEAPARTMENTS AVAILABLEStudios, one, two & 3 bedrms some lake viewsnear 1C, CTA & U of C shuttle, laundry, facili¬ties, parking available, heat & water included.5% discounts for students. Herbert Realty 6842333 9-4:30 Mon Fri. 9-2 on Sat.10/1/86 Studio 1 Bedroom 2Bedroom Apts. ManyWith Private Balconies Vicinity CO-OP Shopping Center Studio $275 1BR $470 2BR $520ADULTS NO PETS 764 2493 525 3373FOR RENT - 1 bdrm avail, at Hyde Park Blvd.& University. Call Dan at 924-6603.Apt for rent 5032 Woodlawn $350 Tom 375 4728.Government homes from $1 (U repair. Del inquent tax property. Repossessions. Call 1 805687-6000 ext. H-4534 for current repo list.Studio Apt. for rent Graduate or Staff, 5845Blackstone $365 mo. 288 8032 evenings.Sublet turn 2 BR Apt in HP Lake view util incl.24 hrs Sec. Staff or faculty only 363 3197.Two Bedrm Unfurn Two Bath Exc. Sec lmmdOcc. New Carpet Ref. Req. 864 8082 or 440 4360.Clear quiet, sunny studio in University Park.Convenient to campus, the coop and the 1C.Thickest beige carpeting sold. $410/month. Call943 9333Large, bright, fully turn. 2-room apt Availablefor SINGLE occupant in well maintained condoV2 block from 48th & Greenwood campus busstop, microwave and frig but NO kitchen. $325/mo rent includes electricity, heat 8. A.C. secur¬ity dep & references. Leave name, phone no. at285-5392 before 10 PM. One year leaseLg Sunny room & bath in pvt apt 58/DorchesterAre,?rmrad student/Professional. Non smokerAvailable immediately. $275. Call 643 3344. APARTMENTS AVAILABLE5218 28 WOODLAWN5 Rooms 2 Bedrooms $600Completely refurbished with tile baths. Laundry facilities on site. Call Nancy or Steve foryour personal showing.PARKER HOLSOMAN COMPANY 493 2525PEOPLE WANTED$40,000 1st year. Realize your financial dreamsbefore you're out of school. Have fun whilebecoming financially independent. Need 12bright enthusiastic individuals. Part time. Willtrain. 764 2121.REGULAR BABYSITTER WANTED: To keep6 yr. old boy company 4:30 6:30 p.m. on aregular basis 1-3 weekdays. Possible occasionalweek end evenings. 58th & Blackstone 955-6384eves.Graduate student to babysit in my home mornings (7:30 12.00). Fixed weekly salary withflexible days off 643 5968 No Housework.LIFEGUARDS work study positions contact KFober 962 7681, room 138 Bartlett.Assist swimcoach part-time, swim and/or div¬ing experience preferred. Contact K. Fober 9627681 room 138 Bartlett.PART TIME INTERVIEWER Weekends only.On-call basis as needed Must enjoy publiccontact. Hyde Park area. Call 752 7111 before10:30 AMBabysitter to pick up 2 girls (ages 3 & 6) fromLab School M F & stay with them in our HydePk home until 5:45 PM Must drive (our car isavailable). Non-smoker, refs, req'd. 268 2461eves. 6-9 PM or weekends.Film Study Center seeking work-study eligiblestudents interested in film to fill several 10-houra week positions beginning the Autumn quarterof 1986 Many perks to the job for someoneinterested in film. Job description is on file atthe work study office. To apply call C. Mirza at536-7054 or 962 8596 or leave message with Col¬lege Dean's office at 962 8578.Half-time Secretarial Position Available. Af¬ternoons, Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research. Contact G.L. Greene, 962 6964.PARTTIME SURVEY ASSISTANT for downtown management consulting firm. Must beexcellent typist w/experience working in officesetting IR, B School,Hospital Admin studentswould be ideal $7.25 hour. Call Ellen Berstein,782 55883000 GOVERNMENT JOBS list $16,040 559,230/yr. Now Hiring. Call 805 687 6000 Ext. R 4534.HELP WANTED: Students for the La RabidaChildren's Hospital Phonathon the evening ofNovember 10th $4.25 p/h Call Phyllis Monjarat 363-6700 for more information. PART TIME JOBS FOR STUDENTS ORSPOUSES TRANSLATOR, English to Spanish:Must have Spanish as first language.MANUSCRIPT TYPIST; Spanish and English:At least 55wpm in Spanish.ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT: Formal trainingin accounting, type 45 wpm.MAIL CLERK AND PUBLICATIONS SALES:type 45wpm physical work.COMPUTER PROGRAMMER (Pascal): Experience with microcomputers.ALL POSITIONS 12-15 hrs. per wk. Salary: topstudent range, depending on qualifications. Alljobs require use of microcomputer, previousexperience useful. Send CV to Social Development Center, 1313 E. 60th St., Room 476. Attn:Isabel Garcia. Tel: 947 2010.Literate, intelligent full-time secretary soughtby Medical Office in the University MedicalCenter. Duties include academic typing, an¬swering patient phone calls, maintaining officefiles. But no routine patient correspondence.Must be mature, responsible and independent.Call Ms. Ellen Oseda at 962 1735 to arrange foran interview.Right handed men 18 35 needed for study ondrugs and cognition. Only commonly prescribeddrugs, simple perceptual tasks and mood ques¬tionnaires. Pays $30, leave message at 962 7591or sign up at Green 412.MEDICAL CENTER OPPORTUNITESOur leading medical center is currently seekingindividuals for the following positions:•PATIENT REPRESENTATIVE, PART TIMERequires 3 years health care or human services experience, 2-3 years of college andgood typing (40wpm).•CIRCULATION ASSISTANT, PART TIMEThis library position is part-time eveningsand weekends, and requires light typing.•RESEARCH TECCHNICIAN, FULL TIMEWill work in College Pharmacology Deptrequires B.S. in Science and experience withlab animals.•SECRETARIES, FULL TIMERequires previous experience and excellenttyping (60wpm). Also requires one or more ofthe following, shorthand, word processingand bookkeeping.Please send resume or apply in person:Human Resources Dept.CHICAGO OSTEOPATHICMEDICAL CENTER5200 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL 60515equal opportunity employer m/fFaculty secretary needed by local seminary.Excellent typing and organizational skills required. Ability to work independently. A.BDick word processor experience helpful. Sendresume to Vaughn, 5757 S University, Chicago,IL 60637 to begin 10/6/86 SERVICESJUDITH TYPES and has a memory. Phone 955-4417.Bookkeeping Service Incorp. Manual System 7days a week 9am to 10pm Kim Jones 643-9293.ALL TYPING-Thesis, letters. Resumes, Tables,French, Spanish, deutsch. Call Elaine 667-8657.Hyde Park movers serving the Hyde ParkKenwood surroundings Chgo area with prideHousehold moving free packing cts del n/c from12/hr many other services. 493-9122PASSPORT PHOTOS AND ID PHOTOSWhile you wait!MODEL CAMERA & VIDEO 493 67001342 EAST 55TH STREETVIDEO TRANSFERSWe offer excellent service transferringvirtually all video formats, including VHS,BETA, U MATIC, 1" 8, 8MMCall for price quotesMODEL CAMERA & VIDEO 493 67001342 EAST 55TH STREETHOME MOVIES TO VIDEOWe do it right and to prove it, we will transfer50 feet super 8 or regular 8 for free! 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Creativeportraiture for unique families!BETTER IMAGE 643 62621344 EAST 55TH STREETPART-TIME JOBSON CAMPUSEarn $4.25 per hour to start and gain valuabletraining and experience.if you're looking for an unusual job opportunityfor the rest of the school year. The university ofChicago Alumni Telefund needs your help.we will be contacting thousands of Chicagoalumni by telephone for their gifts to Theuniversity. The program will run for the rest ofthe school year.Phoning hours run from 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.Monday through Thursday, we require you towork 2 sessions per week.The UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOTELEFUND APPLY NOW!Call 962-7175 between 1 p.m. & 4 P.M.for an interview.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TELEFUND The UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOTELEFUND34—The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26,1986CUSTOM FRAMINGCustom framing at reasonable prices.Fast delivery. Call for appointment.BETTER IMAGE 643-62621344 EAST 55TH STREETCELLO/BASS LESSONS. Exp. teacher/performer now taking students. Call 324 2144.Childcare in caring,, intelligent enviroment.Student spouse, years of experience. Full timeor part time. Margaret 955-6747.FOR SALEHuge Sale: used furniture/household goodsfrom resale shop. Rear of 5531 S. Kenwood(enter alley from 56th St. between Kenwood 8.Dorchester Aves. Oct. 4th, 10 am., til 4.Moving-New & used audio & visual equipmentsofa & sleeper sofa bookcases, 3pc wall unit,pots & pans, typewriter, lamps, shelves, 78Honda Accord, dishes, much more 752-0516.Topless trailer (approx. 5'x7'), brown, goodwheels (2), travels well, sturdy, good price.Great for camping or moving. Call 363 4290 assoon as possible (before Oct. 1st).Can you buy Jeeps, cars, 4x4's seized in drugraids for under $100.00? Call for facts today, l-602 837-3401. Ext. S564.Typewriter elec. Smith-Corona $100 363-0718.Bikes for sale & rent. Bradtord Lyttle 324 0654.Phoenix School Rummage Sale Sat. Sep. 27 10-4by campus inside church at 5600 S. Woodlawn.Household goods, furniture, toys, clothes,books.100+ Family Yard Sale: 54th & University Sat9/27, furniture, clothes, baby stuff, 10 4Double bed $45 Ig plant light $30. 924 5057.1985 Fuji Regis 26” men's 10-speed bike. Brandnew. Alloy wls 5175/best offer 947-9818.Mazda '81 626 coupe. 5 speed, AM Fm cassette,AC. Low miles. Exc. Cond. $3250/bo 947 9818.SCENES57th Street Friends Meeting: A Quaker meetingbased on silent meditation and spiritual sharing, Sundays at 10 30 a.m. Childcare & SundaySchool duirng meeting Potlucks, 1st and 3rdSundays at 11:45. 5615 Woodlawn Ave.: 288 3066.ATTENTION HOTLINERSImportant Meeting Oct 1, 7:00 p.m. Ida Noyes.Tupperware Party! Wed.,Oct. 1 RSVP 955 4407.ACHTUNG! GERMAN!Take APRIL WILSON'S fitteen week GERMANCOURSE this fall and high pass the winterlanguage exam! April Wilson's classes are funand her success rate is excellent! Classes meetMWF, starting Oct. 6. Two sections: 12-1 & 6-7PM Cost $225. For more information and toregister, call 677 3038.Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc.Agent foreljc iNVUi ilork (EintcsMary L. Baker 7800 West 95th StreetSales Representative Suite 201Midwest Region Hickory Hills, Illinois 60457The New York Times is look¬ing for a campus represen¬tative to distribute the NYT oncampus. Duties includedistribution, selling subscrip¬tions and record keeping.Applicant should be salesoriented and like workingmorning hours. Earnings in¬clude profit on papers,transportation expense andbonus structure.If interested, please call 1-800-631-2500 and set up andinterview with Mary Baker.THE WISE CONSUMER1. FREE CHECKING WITH 6% INTEREST.2. VISA MASTERCARD AT 13% AND• LOWER.3. DISCOUNTED NEW BOOKS.4. AUTOMOTIVE CARE AT LOW COSTS.5. RESUME AND TYPING SERVICES PICKi UP AND DELIVERY AT LOW RATES.6. DESIGNER CLOTHES AT LOW PRICES.7. NEW ALBUMS ON THE POP CHARTS AT$5.00.8. AFFORDABLE INSURANCE.MUCH, MUCH, MORE!!♦FREE GIFT TO STUDENTS.PHONE 768-2804 LANGUAGE COURSESare offered to all Graduate Students through theCommittee on Academic Cooperation at theLutheran School of Theology (1100 E. 55th St ),inFRENCH * GERMAN * LATIN * SPANISHFor further information and registration callProgram Coordinator: Steve Duffy 241-7137 orinstructor. See Specific ads below.FRENCH COURSESADVANCED READING FOR EXAM PREP.(6 week course). Fee: $140. Time: We/Fri, 6:00-8:00 p.m., beg.We,Oct. 8, Room 203. Call RoseMarie Tanoe, 493 9638 or Silva Tokatlian, 6436790.READING FOR EXAM PREP(10 week course). Fee: $240. Time: to be ar¬ranged, beg. We, Oct. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Room206. Call Constance Greenleaf 955-4783.GERMAN COURSESBEGINNING READING FOR EXAM PREP.(10 week class) Fee: $240. Time: To be arranged, beg. Mon., Oct. 6, 4-6 p.m., Room 202.Call Steve Duffy 241-7137.ADVANCED READING FOR EXAM PREP.(5 week class) Fee: $125. Time: To be arranged, Beg. Tues., Sept. 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.,Room 202. Call Stefanie Ormsby 254-0725.LATIN CLASSESBEGINNING CLASSICAL LATIN(10 week class) Fee: $240. time: Tu/Th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. beg. Tu, Oct. 7, Room 308. CallJerome Parrish 978-4873.BEGINNING ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN(10 week class) Fee: $240. Time: Tu/Fri, 7-9p.m., beg Tu, Oct. 7, Room 206. Call Kathy Krug643 5436.INFORMAL READING GROUP (Advanced)(10 meetings) Fee: $30. Time Th, 7-9 p.m., (Atfnstructor's), beg. Th, Oct. 9. Call Kathy Krug643 5436.SPANISH COURSESADVANCED READING FOR EXAM PREP(5 week class) Fee: $125, Time: Tu/Th 6-8 p.m.,beg. Tu., Oct. 7, Room 203. Call James Savolainen 241-6358.INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION(10 week class) Fee: $125. Time: We, 7-9 p.m.,(at instructor's), beg. We, Oct. 8. Call SoniaCsaszar 493 7251.ADVANCED CONVERSATION(10 week class) Fee: $125. Time: Th 7-9 p.m. (atinstructor's) beg, Th, Oct. 9. 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(London University)‘‘Women in the Cooperative Movement in Revolutionary Cuba ’2:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Classics 10&David Collier, Ph D., Political Science Dept.University of Calif. - Berkeley"Choice Points, Historical Legacies and Trade Union Politics in Latin America'1:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Classics 10Head U S and Latin American periodicals in our reading room Kelly 310 HAVE YOU READ?A CITY OF CHILDREN by the author of THESALT DOLL 57 St Books.Dollars and SenseThrift Shop"WELCOMESTUDENTSSALE"Sunday, September 28l-51312 E. 53rd St. (near Kimbark Plaza)furniture, appliances,clothing, odds & endsOpen M-W 11-4:30, Th 11-6,2nd Sunday of the month 12:30-5What if you don’t getinto the grad schoolof your choice?Of course, you may get intoanother school, but why settle7Prepare for the LSAT, GMAT,GRE, MCAT or other graduateexams with Stanley H KaplanWhy go to just any grad schoolwhen you can go tothe right one7KAPLANSlANlfYH KAPIANEDUCAIIONAI CENTER HDThe world’s leadingtest prep organization.Call Days, Eves & WeekendsDIAL-A-TEST HOTLINE (312) 508-0106ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 437-6650CHICAGO CENTER 764-5151HIGHLAND PARK 433-7410LA GRANGE CENTER 352- 5840The Chicago Maroon—Friday, September 26.1986—35* 1 IpupAn.vyilivj vJToLITERARY REVIEWQ U A R E RX<DT3G ReviewsFeminist Aesthetics Ed. by Gisela Ecker reviewed by Stephanie Bacon. .Beacon Press, 1986, 187 pp, $9.95Around the Day in Eighty Worlds by Julio Cortazar reviewed by Dave McNultyNorth Point Press, 1986, 288 pp. $22.95l hild of All Nations by Pramoedya Ananta Toer reviewed by Vincent PollardPenguin Books (Australia), 1984, 285 pp, $6.95The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez reviewed by Krishna Ramanujan.Alfred A. Knopf, 1986, 106 pp, $13.95Microworlds by Stanislaw Lem reviewed by Brian YannyHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. 252 pp, $4.95Simulations by Jean Baudrillard reviewed by Steve BestSemiotext(e), 1983, 159 pp. $3.95The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground by Allen Grossman reviewed by Kathy SzydagisNew' Directions, 1986, 78 pp. $8.95Only the Little Bone by David Huddle reviewed by Rajeev Chary uluDavid R. Godine, 1986, 217 pp. $15.95Dream Work by Mary Oliver reviewed by Martha VertreaceAtlantic Monthly Press, 1986, 90 pp. $8.95Evolution of the Flightless Bird by Richard KenneyYale University Press, 1984, 68 pp, $5.95Orrery by Richard Kenney reviewed by Martha VertreaceAtheneum. 1985. 108 pp. $10.95Wild Flowers by Joel MeyerowitzLittle Brown and Co., 1986, 108 pp, $16.95Cape Light by Joel Meyerowitz reviewed by Anjali FedsonLittle Brown and Co., 1979, 70 pp. $25.00Weekly World News Ed. Joe West reviewed by Charlie VanoverAH God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou reviewed by Jennifer SheridanRandom House, 1986. 210 pp, $15.95Thou Shalt Not Be Aware by Alice MillerMeridian, 1986. 329 pp, $8.95The Assault on Truth by Jeffrey Masson reviewed by Jessie SheridanPenguin, 1985. 316 pp. $7.95InterviewsWith Jud New born conducted by Gideon D 'Arcangelo.ArticlesA Voice Bevond Echoes by Redd GriffinFictionPoetryPhotography & ArtworkCover by Paul CraytonPhoto Montage by Dave McNulty.Divest Now 58 LITERARY REVIEWQUARTERLY911 Editor—Krishna Ramanujan13 Staff Writers—Stephanie Bacon, Steve BestRajeev Charyulu, Paul Crayton, Gideon14 D'Arcangelo, Anjali Fedson, Dave McNultyJennifer Sheridan, Jessie Sheridan, Kathy19 Szydagis, Charlie Vanover, Martha VertreaceBrian Yanny.1933 Contributors-Jon Anderson, Vinay Dhar-wadker. Redd Griffin, Jane Lawrence, RitaLucas, S. Isaac Lucas, Vincent Pollard. RobertS. Nelsen, Alane Rollings, Rachel Shteir,Vince Tolve.3333 * Production—Stephanie Bacon, Paul CraytonGideon D’Arcangelo, Dave McNulty. KrishnaRamanujan, Laura Saltz.3537 Ad Manager—Sue SkufcaBusiness Manager—Larry Stein37Office Manager—Jaimie WeihrichThe CLR would like to thank The Grey CityJournal, The Chicago Maroon, and the Semi¬nary Cooperative Bookstore for their help withthis Issue.22Submission Guidelines-Deadline for the Au¬tumn issue is Nov. 21, 1986. Submissions ofFiction and poetry should be annonymous andaccompanied with an envelope containing theentrant’s name and address. No more than fourpieces per author will be considered for oneissue. Enclose SASE if you want your work31 returned. The CLR will not be responsible forlost manuscript, so send copies. We encourageall those submitting to get involved with thepaper Our address is 1212 e. 59th street,Chicago, IL 60637. Our office is in Ida Noyes303. (962-9555). We welcome any letters ofresponse.Editorial—This summer issue represents a7 transition period for the CLR With the change7 of editors and a large part of the last year's35 staff away for the summer, new systems had to35 be worked out. It is important that momentum39 is not lost during this period of change Weattempt to maintain conventions establishedduring the previous years. But, regardless, newways of efficiency and organization have comeinto being as the staff has changed In the pastthe CLR had an editorial board of 10 staffmembers which decided on the fiction andpoetry that was to be published. Weeklymeetings were conducted for purposes offeedback and discussions of editorial decisions.The present staff had no weekly meetings.There was no editorial board. All decisionsconcerning articles chosen for publication weremade primarily by the editor. The criteria theeditor used were as follows. All reviewssubmitted were published. All fiction submittedwas carefully considered. The editor looked forsound quality on the sentence level, strength inthe plot line and overall printability All poetryprinted was first looked over by the editor andone staff member. An elimination process wascarried forth where the ‘best’ poems werechosen. Of course, this is not a sound system,and is moreover a subjection of opinion. Thechosen poems were once again scrutinized bythe editor and a final list was compiled.It is understood that this is a lack of systemwhich makes it a system. In the fall, weeklystaff meetings will resume, and improvementson the old ways will be attempted. It is agrowing and learning proces.The first meeting will be Monday. Oct. 6,1986, 7 p.m. at Ida Noyes 303. All arewelcome.Copyright 19*6 TCMgcj/CLRCHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986IThe Fate of TendernessSome love the word “love"1 more than others.Again and again he appeared on the edge of your lifein his waterproof coat, a man who was kinderwithout his clothes on. (Some just watchthe transit of tenderness in themselvesand do nothing about it.)You could see everyone else’s face in your mind ,except his. A long-lost type, who had walkedinto your life and become your life in a city minute.As young girls do who work upon themselves with color,swaying before their mirrors on slender ankles,you beseeched your life to begin.To imagine his face, you had to startwith the razor cuts on his chin.The dearest things about him were the simplest—the question mark of his torso, curved at the shoulders,straight at the hips.In your breasts you were a mother already.You'd suckled kittens, dug up their graves in grief.To some, a pus dc deux is always a love story:to others, music and dance are nothing but music ancKfance.But this beauty-emotion and those love-shocksover the silken tails, sandpaper tongues—aren't they one and the same?As baby geese follow whatever moves, a girlgoes to sleep in mid-summer, wakes,and falls in love with the first living creature she sees,strokes his paws and stares for an hour, kisses his horn.There's a worldwide longing: war-born babiesdeposited in cradles revolving in darkness at monastery gates,couples closing doors for the torture of the lonely,and the torn-off separate beauties of the body,a woman's arms detached from her shoulders,forever doing her hair.He showed up in camouflage colors.Holding your constancy between your breastsyou said. "You've undressed everyone else.now undress me." You ended his bruises of musical originwith your mouth, noticed how he closed you. opened you.Your devotion got on his nerves.He found his trousers under the floorboard.When you tried to imagine him after that,all you could see were disconnected ey ebrow s.So much tendernesstransformed to sadness, lost, mis-used.extravagantly spent-family men killing their families.children making love and driven mad in the dark.In vour breasts he left youdirts little girls who will never be women.women who will never be mothers.Some women never complainabout how heavy men are.Some lovers always call each other"Baby."You don't need to see himto see him. %The silver domes of monasteriesfloat above the forestw here a lioness w ith a crushed jawhas left her cubs to her sister.In the obliquity of sunshine,you make your pact with solitudeand love those w hohave less love than you.—*Alunc Rollings3CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1986You wouldn’t buy a record that looks like this.Why pay for long distance that sounds like it?Maybe you put up with noisy7 long distance becauseyou don’t know Allnerhas really clear long distance at reallylow rates.Or maybe you don’t know how easy it is to switch toAllnetOr that Allnet credits you the switchover fee Bell charges.Well, now you know. So quick, mail the coupon or callour toll-free number before you forget.Allnet Lorg Distance. Bargain rates. Not bargain service.4 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986r Call 1-800-982-8888, ext. 123 1to get quiet, clear long distance for a song Or mail thiscoupon to: Allnet. P.O. Box 7217. Chicago, 1L 60680-7217.NameMares>ti:rLong DistanceAn ALC OmmuntawBFeminist AestheticsEdited by Gisela EckerI’m tired, although I was just fresh a whileago and the day is only just beginning. Is itwriting that tires me so much? Perhaps it is allthe false gods in me which I'm accusing as Iwrite. I am also accusing myself because Ihave educated myself and gained strengthfrom living up to them. I have believed inculture, education, art. I have felt a greatsense of achievement when I've managed tolive up to my idols, and devalued when I didnot. At times I have sensed that I stand outsidesociety, that as a woman I am excluded. Itried to avoid this uneasiness, I tried to entersociety, to be inside it, but when I succeeded,it was only as a sexless object, not as awoman.(Elisabeth Lenk, “The Self-ReflectingWoman'')So this is the conflict: what criteria of judgementwill women employ when the “false gods” ofpatriarchal culture have been undermined? Havingconcluded once and for all that the allegedlyuniversal values of our cultures are patriarchalvalues, reflective primarily of male experience, howdo women formulate a new relationship to art? Forcenturies women have denied their sex in order toparticipate as reader, viewer or audience; we haveneutered ourselves in sacrifice to the entrenched“greatness" of our cultures. Gender identity takes aback seat so we can enjoy an identification withOdysseus and a smug condescension to Pene¬lope—and this is supposed to be our paradigm forthe human experience? Needless to say, the ego-contortions which women have undergone as audi¬ence-members pale by comparison to the kind ofresistance and hostility that women have undergoneas artists.Feminist Aesthetics consists of eleven essays byGerman feminist academics and artists, which shareas their common basis a belief in the need tocritique women's relationship to art in the pat¬riarchal system, and a belief in the need to developnew criteria for the critique of art, especiallywomen's art. The essays and their English trans¬lations were selected and edited by Gisela Ecker, alecturer in English literature at the University ofCologne. She was inspired to assemble the collec¬tion by an experience she had as a guest lecturer atthe University of Sussex, where she was dismayedby the English-speaking students’ unfamiliarity withGerman feminist criticism. I must admit, it nevereven occurred to me to wonder what was going onin German feminist criticism until I picked up thisbook. Anyone who’s accustomed to working withthe American/French and cultural/political polaritiesin feminist criticism will be intrigued to learn thatGerman feminist criticism is alive and kicking anddoesn't fit neatly into the categories we’ve beenworking with.Ecker’s introduction to the collection (a highpoint of the book, actually) establishes a context forthe discussion of feminist aesthetics by critiquingthe concept itself;the term ‘female’ or ‘feminine aesthetic’. . .seems to contain ideas of an ontologicalessence, ‘woman’. Yet from the way it is usedwe can see that the term serves as a merecatchword under which many points againstessentialism are normally brought forward.Ecker warns against an aesthetic based on what isperceived as feminine in art, since this is more anindicator of historical difference than of anything“essentially” feminine. Instead she calls for thedevelopment of a feminist aesthetic, which shedefines as one whichwould indicate a commitment which isrelative to the historical moment with itsspecific necessitiesthat is. a politicized aesthetic.The introduction is followed by three essays ofgreat theoretical quality. “Is There a FeminineAesthetic" by Silvia Bovenschen, first published in1976, was apparently the beginning of the wholedialogue on aesthetics in German feminism; shedares to suggestArt should become feminized, and women's Marianne Kordsmever, Portrait of the painterpictures, 1984, photographparticipation (limited by men to their sen¬suality alone) would do it a lot of good.Perhaps, then, our male colleagues would notneed to proclaim the death of art one year andrecant the next.In the second essay, Elisabeth Lenk writes on theproblem of women's self-image as “the gaze ofothers, the anticipated gaze of others"; she suggestsfor women a programme of reworking their self-images through their relationships with otherwomen. This programme is critiqued in the follow¬ing essay, “Double Focus” by Sigrid Weigel , onthe history of woman and literature.Oddly, the consistency and level of discoursebecomes wildly uneven after the exciting andincisive constellation of the introduction and the firstthree essays. Of the remaining eight essays, four arekind of confused and unmemorable; one (“NinePrinciples of a Matriarchal Aesthetic" by HeideGottner-Abendroth) is perversely fascinating, be¬cause the author is bizarrely oblivious to theparadox of calling for the most inclusive, non-hierarchical art, art which “does not recognize anydivision between author and audience"—in the mostacademic and dogmatic of terms!One very disappointing essay is “ ‘Dolce Sim-plice'? On the Changing Role of Women in Music"by Eva Rieger. The essay is full of historicalinformation on a subject that cries out for intelligentdiscussion, but it’s organized dreadfully. Not only isit a thankless chore to get through all this materialbut Rieger has the infuriating habit of shying awayfrom even the most obvious conclusions.My favorite essay in the volume—tucked awaytowards the back—is “What is Feminist Archi¬tecture?" by Christiane Erlemann. She interprets Gabriele Donder-Langen tearing one of her ownthe tendency of women architects to favor rounded,oval or egg shapes as a critique of rectangularshapes, which are “the dominant mode of construc¬tion" and, as such, represent a manifestation ofpatriarchal oppression. The “box-constructionmethod," as she calls it. implies:. . .no limit to how many floors can be piledon top of one another (and therefore atendency to extremes). . . the building of massaccommodation for nuclear families. . . con¬solidating traditional roles,universalization/standardization/monopoliza¬tion. . . encouragement of inhabitants' pass¬ivity through the inflexibility of the building. .. neglect of organic building materials. . .levelling of the landscape. . . deskilling of theworkforce. . .The essay would delight most readers anyhow, justfor its novelty, even if Erlemann weren't sharp as atack—but she is.In addition to the essays, the book featuresseveral black and white reproductions of works byGerman women visual artists. These are pretty neat,but not too well integrated into the book. Eckerprovides a few' words about each of the artists innotes at the end of the book, but that doesn'tprevent the work from seeming a bit. well, mar¬ginalized. That’s certainly problematic, ideologic¬ally, but it's not a major thing.Despite the unevenness. I would recommend thisbook for all of it, not just some of it. It's thediversity, and the things that jar our assumptions,which make it fun to read; as Gisela Ecker says, •even if only for the purpose of displacing the‘naturalness’ of our own concepts.by Stephanie BaconCHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW TRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1986 5GermanFeministsLookatArtIIBMPC/AT 512K, 30Mg Hard Drive1.2Mg Drive, 8mhz $3685 1PC/XT 286, 640K, 20Mg Hard Drive1.2Mg Floppy Drive, 8mhz $2750 IPC 256K, 2 360K Floppy Drives $868 1Complete IBM SystemIBM PC 2DRMonochrome MonitorMonitor AdapterDOS 2.1IBM ProPrinterPrinter Cable. $1615 IUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOMICROCOMPUTER DISTRIBUTION CENTER 11307 E. 60TH STREET962-6086Complete price lists are available at Usite, |the Computation Center, and the Micro Distribution Center. 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Through advancement, our part-time opportunities can translate into astimulating career in operations,management, sales ...Find out whatRPS can deliver to you.- ROADWAY PACKAGE SYSTEM FOR MORE IN FORMA TION:ROADWA Y PACKAGE S YSTEM, INC.6833 W. 75th StreetBedford Park, IL 60638Applications Accepted Mondaythru Friday 1pm - 9pmCall (312) 594-5252 orsend resumeCHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986Fiction by Jon AndersonIn the dream, I ran my hand across the hair on the hackof my neck as I walked into the party, to make sureeverything was in place, and noticed I was drippingblood. A thin, deep cut ran from ear to ear across theback of my head. “Dueling scar,” I said to a woman whosat with two friends in a corner. She pointedly ignoredme.The bleeding started the day before when a thick blackdog bit my ear as I sat on the terrace beside our house inUpper Westmount. I was petting him and he clamped histeeth on my left earlobe and sat, waiting. My mothermade several suggestions; none seemed practical.“Mother.” I said, clenching my teeth, “please, just, go,inside, and. get. the black, rubber, ball!”I took the ball and held it against the dog’s nose. Hesniffed, dropped my ear lobe and bit the ball. “See!” 1told my mother. “Your ear lobe’s off,” she said.I drove to the hospital, but halfway there I forgot what1 was doing, turned left instead of right and wound up inOld Montreal.A girl friend from Chicago appeared at my elbow,eager to see the sights. We booked a room in a smallhotel with leaded windows on each side of the entrance. Itwas my last night in Montreal and there were two otherwomen I also promised to take out. They all knew it wasmy last night in Montreal. I thought, perhaps, of callingthem to say: “Good news, I’m staying over until nextweek.” Then next week I would call from Chicago andsay I had to leave early.“I want to see Notre Dame Cathedral and the statues.”says my friend. “Later,” I tell her. I am bleeding. Dropsof red blood spatter on my black shoe.In a large room off the lobby, a business reception is inprogress. A hundred people stand in small awkwardgroups. They hold cocktails though it is only 11 or so inthe morning. I sit on one of a cluster of high-backedVictorian velvet chairs, trying to get organized to go tothe hospital. The concierge, an elderly, slow-moving manwho understands only French, has taken my socks. On thefar side of the lobby, he moves to a sink to rinse the bloodout of them.I hold a wad of cocktail napkins on the back of myneck. People from high school recognize me. A shoeshineman, once a popular bartender at the press club, looks atme as if I have fallen on evil days. He does my shoes. Ifind a dollar for him in my wallet, but drop the bill. Itblows away, but he traps it under a chair. “Got it,” Iask? I feel clutzy. It was not the crisp transaction (“Hereyou are. Roland”) that I had plannedMy name floats across the room. “That's Jon,” I hear,“The one Andrea's been talking about all summer. FromChicago. He's here to see her." It is Dennis from highschool. He prided himself on knowing everything; helooks like the vice-president of a big bank, fat and vested.I stop at his stool; we shake hands enthusiastically. —Chris Stacey“Got to go,” I say. “Cut myself.”His face changes when I show him the napkin I holdover the back of my neck. It is almost, but not quite,dripping red. I wonder how many people I have to makesmall talk with before I can make a polite exit. I size upthe room. There are three between me and the far-offbeckoning door.I sat on the bed and had a strong feeling that I shouldn'tbe there. It was a young woman's bedroom. I swung myhead, catching the title of the book on the night table(“Other Voices, Other Rooms”), a teddy bear with thinribbons around its neck and, on the dresser, a picture ofparents in a silver frame and a postcard from a boyfriendsaying that “it’s really lonesome without you.” A closetbulged with softly feminine dresses and in one corner wasthe blue uniform of a nurse. “I’ve been here before,” Ithought. “It’s Barbara’s room.”Outside, the police cars were double parked in thestreet. On the lawn, fifty reporters stood around, waitingto get in and downstairs a detective called for the firstgroup to leave. I had been working on a crude map Theupstairs hallway was wet with the blood of murderedstudent nurses. I marked an “x” on the map where eachone died; the bathroom had red splatter on the blue tilewalls. In my office, I shut the blinds, I started to type what Ihad seen, bringing in the coroner’s description of eachbody, its wounds, the way that Pam had been bound byher wrists and stabbed in her heart. I’d brought backpages from the hospital yearbook. I needed details thatwould bring each girl alive. I found them.I knew who was getting married and who was going tojoin the Peace Corps and who had a job waiting atChildren’s Memorial Hospital. I knew who had beenqueen of the spring dance and who was on the water balletteam. “Merlita,” I wrote, “brought a pair of clackingpoles from Manila and often did a dance at parties.”I was crying when the door opened.“Don’t come in.” I said.The door closed.Barbara's father was a doctor. Once, when her parentswere away, we went downstairs into his office in thebasement of her house. It smelled of antiseptic. We leanedagainst the examining table, leather and cold, and neckedstanding up until she shuddered. We went upstairs, tookoff most of our clothes and faced one another under hersheets. I pulled her head on my shoulder, stroked hercurly hair and felt very secure in her bedroom.Two things happened Saturday night.I was cooking dinner by myself in my studio on the topfloor of Sandburg Village. My furniture had been leftbehind by the previous tenant who had skipped on therent. My hash was browning when the phone rang.“Hi. A Few small points.” said the researcher fromheadquarters in New York. “The one who was gettingmarried. Mary Ann?” Was she the one that was stabbedfive times, once in the right eye?”“And which one was "the swimmer?”The sentence struck me. but I told her.Two hours before midnight, which was our deadline forthe week, the Chicago police caught the guy. My file hadan ending.The first copies came in from the printing plant onMonday morning. The story of the eight nurses was there,under “Crime.” The head was “One by One.” Mycolleagues were amazed at the details I had and nobodyelse did. Above my map. the words “House of Death”were written in red. Across the second page were thehead shots, eight nurses in graduation caps they never gotto really wear. Buried in the story was a paragraph whichsaid: “The girls, as one observer noted, were goodpeople, the daughters, sisters and sweethearts of othergood people.”I was the observer. But not for much longer. I typed aletter of resignation from journalism and slid it into thenightly packet for New York. Jack popped in from theoffice next door and asked if he could borrow my files.“Ollie has a copy in the wire room.” I said. "Get themfrom him.”jack covered the trial. He and a psychiatrist wrote abook about it. The Saturday Evening Post reprinted achapter. I never read any of it.Fiction by Rita C. LucasIf I was sick I would be put in the bed my mother andfather shared. I would listen to my radio programs andfrom time to time my mother would visit. As a specialtreat she would give me a chocolate bar for dessert afterlunch.Now I visit my mother. She is propped up in a hospitalbed next to the bed I used to lie in. A tank of oxygen isnear. I plead. “Why, why can’t I have a Tiny Tears doll?If I can’t have one can I have some other kind of doll?”My mother is firm. “No, no dolls.”I leave the room and think, “I’ll get a Tiny Tears dollwhen she’s dead.”I pass my parents’ room one morning. My grand¬ mother, who sits beside my mother’s bed, is visiblethrough the half open door. She moves a teaspoon backand forth between a flowered bowl and my mother'smouth. The teaspoon fills in the bowl and empties in mymother. I am halfway down the hall when I hear the bowlhit the floor and then my grandmother’s rapid footsteps.She almost knocks me over. I feel angry but I keep quiet.“Tell your uncle to come here quick.” she yells. I relaythe message to my uncle who is in the kitchen washingdishes. Then I stand in the foyer and wait. Soon mygrandmother comes out of the bedroom. “Go over toMinnie’s and see if you can borrow some smelling salts.”I leave the apartment, quickly go down a flight of stepsand through the long hall to an apartment on the otherside of the building. Minnie, a big fat woman, answersmy knock. In a few minutes she returns with a smallbottle.I retrace my steps. The small crowd which has gatheredIn My Kensington GardensThe plant you left with me for care I turnIn the sill; the dance we trace in solar rhythmTurns local gales colder. Hyde Park trees in turn learnThe M & M colors. They don't shelter oneFrom rain or stars, and you've come back to see them.Your building's radiators that bump and guzzleWill dew the panes—obscure the stars and emberMoon. You’ll breathe halogen-rose air while Mars’llConspire for Venus overhead. That struggleWith whispered French and algebra with your temperAskew with my counsel will settle with time.And while the time comes, dropping slow buds and ashes.I'll take you walking in Kensington Gardens of mineWhere you can see the moon and thickets climbAnd where the hidden evening star hangs and flashes.—Rajeev Charyulu outside our apartment parts to let me through 1 go in andclose the door. I am safe from the crowd, but I am notsafe. “Gram. I got the smelling salts.” I yell. She comesand takes them from me. I go into my grandmother'sroom. A cot. my bed. is under the window. I lie downand watch the sky . People die and go to heaven... I lookfor my ancestors in the clouds.I turn onto my stomach and see my father enter. Hewalks to the head of the bed and stops. I look up from mypillow, “Is she?" I ask. He nods silently and leaves theroom.Then my grandmother comes. “Go over to the Rit-terband’s and ask if you can stay there.”I make my way out of the apartment and across thehall. Ethel answers the door. “Can I come in?’’ I ask.“My grandmother wants me to stay here for awhile.”She lets me in and I find my friends Enie and Bevie.We are play ing monopoly when Ethel enters the livingroom and asks, in a voice made raspy by cigarettes,“Why didn't you tell me?” I shrug in response.We go outside to play potsy. I don't feel very muchlike playing. Enie and Bevie go in for lunch, but I stayoutside. I don’t feel very much like eating. Our buildinghas a courtyard with steps leading to the street. The low,wide steps are flanked by two brick walls. I sit on onewith my legs outstretched and my back against thebuilding. I watch the street. One by one my father'sbrothers and sisters come. Their faces are strained. We donot smile in greeting.My throat is hurting more and more and I feel verywarm as I go upstairs to the Ritterband's apartment. Mymother's cousin Seymour, a medical resident, comes toexamine me. I have strep throat and I stay in the bed inEthel’s living room for many days. Seymour is my onlyvisitor.At last I am well and ready to return to our apartment.I don’t know what to expect as I go in. To myastonishment everything looks the same. The hospital bedand the oxygen tank are gone. My mother is gone. Thewood crates have been removed and the mirrors areuncovered. Everything that remains is as it was. exceptfor the people. The people are not the same: me, mygrandmother, my father.My mother is not dead. I am only nine years old, shewouldn’t leave me alone, she must watch over me indisguise. I pay close attention to strange women whereverI go. A look in the eye. a movement of the mouth, a handgesture and I will know my mother.If I wake in the night to void and turn on the bathroomlight after my run down the long dark hall, I feel the oldrelief that I have not been crushed by the train w heels thatthunder down our hall in the dark of night. The light haschased my mother away.CHICAGO I ITFR ARY RFVIFW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986 7DreamsandNursesDeathADayintheLifeofaSalamander Around the Day in Eighty Worldsby Julio Cortazartrans. by Thomas ChristensenYou can be excused if you haven't heard of JulioCortazar. Though every self-respecting student ofLatin American literature has experienced one ormore of his fantastic worlds. Cortazar remainsgenerally overshadowed by fellow Argentine LuisBorges. The author of Hopscotch and ten otherworks that have appeared in English translation.Cortazar has been called the "hijo espiritual. " thespiritual, son of Borges—an unfortunate and onlypartially accurate title which must have been a littleannoying for a man who saw writing as a com¬pulsive by-product of a vigorous life, in contrast toBorges, who lived a library life.i Both writers share a country and an infatuationwith fantastic literature. There is a sense in bothmen's writings of nameless mystical forces rumbl¬ing under the surface of every day events and bothare intrigued with the interactions among the au¬thor’s various selves. But the comparison does notgo much further. Where Borges writes against anelaborate literary tapestry. Cortazar might be calledanti-literary. And while the fantastic creeps inaround the edges of Borges' characters, battingthem around in serpentine twists of fate. Cortazarinternalizes a narcotic notion of the fantastic—onewhich consumes his characters from the inside out.often surfacing unnoticed in a placid continuum ofexternal life.All this goes to defend the individuality ofCortazar and to preface the latest of his works to betranslated into English. Around the Day in EightyWorlds. Those familiar w ith Cortazar will have noproblem identifying him in this book which hecompiled in 1966—the year Hopscotch first ap¬peared in an English edition—but which has beentranslated only this year This collage of poetry ,fiction, anecdotes and occasional criticism carriesthe characteristic currents of transmutations, soaringfantasy, and private eccentricity found in much ofhis other work. The seventy-five (not eighty) piecesvary in length from about a half page to elevenpages and cover a remarkable variety of topics fromthe story of a man who disappears slowly andincidentally into the earth to exaltant descriptions ofthe author's abandonment to ecstasies of cat wrestl¬ing and jazz. By the end we come to realize thefierce intellectual and sensual drive Cortazar appliedto his life—an energy he continually tried to conveyin his wildly ingenious fiction.The energetic opening piece, called This Is theWay It Begins, attempts a rationale for the book:Cortazar w ants to break through the wall of torpidliterature that fortifies the barrier between plastic artand living expression. He wants to let loose theinhibitions of seriousness and improvise on themesnew and old. “I am indebted for the title of thisbook to my namesake, and for the liberty of alteringit without offense to the planetary saga of Phi leasFogg. Esq., I am indebted to Lester Young. Onenight when Lester filled the melody of Three LittleWords with smoke and ram. I understood betterthan ever the w ay great jazzmen w ould stay faithfulto a theme by playing against it. transforming it.and rendering it iridescent."Cortazar aspires to be the Lester Young ofliterature, to render Jules Verne's adventure iri¬descent by transforming it. modernizing the im¬mortal theme by turning the story inside out. Ratherthan telling one long story of spacial travel, hecondenses eighty worlds into a single day. creatingthe obverse which rejuvenates the originalVerne's creation has a beginning and an end: Cortazar’s has neither. He looks back to thearchety pe for his project and forward to the all theliterature to come, placing himself not in a specifictime or place but in a fluid medium in which timecan reverse itself and results can precede causes,where he can find “ways of creating a richerreality—for example, by making art from dust orfrom previous art—anything that keeps us on theedge of our seat".Cortazar's is a living book which destroys whathe sees as an artificial and unnecessary’ boundarybetween the artist and his art. or between the artistand his audience. “I am referring to a feeling ofsubstantiality, to the ‘life force' missing from somany of our books, to what prevents writing andbreathing (in the Indian sense of breath as ebb andflow of universal being) from having two differentrhythms." If he could, he would make the bookthrob and take root in your hands. Instead he plantsseventy-five seeds of wild flowers, weeds, and treesin hopes some new growth will sprout among therocks of seriousness.Seriousness is one of Cortazar s most gravedangers. It threatens life by drawing out the twodifferent rhythms" of writing and breathing. Ifyou're continually checking your references, cross¬ing vour T's just right and seeing that your prose isin perfect order you never get anything done—atleast not anything that resembles the confusion ofliving. Cortazar's essay s wander through wide openfields, fly ing from metaphysics to barbecued steaksin one sentence or less. He takes us tor ride afterride on his erratic yet coherent train of thoughtwithout seeming to know where he's going or howhe started.Cortazar avoids seriousness in his fiction not onlyliterally by immersing himself in the fantastic butalso by insistently rejecting the suggestion that hisworks represent an extended literary dialogue. In anessay entitled. On the Short Ston and Its Environshe lucidly describes the motivation and method ofhis fiction. He claims each story exists as anindependent sphere created in response to an im¬mediate and implacable drive to rid himself of a sortof neurotic affliction. “It may be exaggerating tosay that all completely successful short stories,especially fantastic short stories, are products ofneurosis, nightmares or hallucinations neutralizedthrough objectification and translated to a mediumoutside the neurotic terrain. This polarization can befound in any memorable short story , as if theauthor, wanting to rid himself of his creature assoon and as absolutely as possible, exorcises it theonly way he can: by writing it." No room forseriousness here.Unless the story is written as if from an un¬controlled trance, it stands a good chance ofbecoming what Cortazar calls “literary .” For him,truly compulsive writing—the best for great fic¬tion-resists literary analysis, for its creation is. ineffect, unconscious and therefore beyond the scopeof any intentional artistry . “To try to liberateyourself from obsessive creatures through a mereliterary technique might give you a story, butwithout the essential polarization, the cathartic rejec¬tion. the literary result will be precisely that,literary ; the story will lack the atmosphere that nosty listic analy sis can succeed in explaining, the aurathat wells up in the story and possesses the readerthe way it has possessed the author, on the otherside of the bridge."The book is filled with images and examples ofconnections made and lost. Whether it’s a connec¬tion he makes between Thelonius Monk’s pianoplaying and a Phoenician sailing ship or theconnection lost by a character in one of his storieswho finds himself slowly and steadily disappearinginto the earth while his family and the rest of theworld go about their business, the key is always thatcrucial link that sends him or us off into unchartedwaters. That link, that route of transition is one thatcannot be mapped.Cortazar is no fan of analysis, be it of literatureor of life. He is more intrigued by what VirginiaWoolf called the “halo of impressions" that sur¬rounds us at all times. A wisp of hair or a shade ofblue can trigger incomprehensible associations thatremove us from our ordinary lives. In an essavcalled Only a Real Idiot. Cortazar extolls the virtuesof sensitive ignorance. He describes a dance per¬formance which moves him to tears and laughter bythe force of its supernatural appearance He also describes his dismay upon hearing his wife and afriend analyze the show: “I do not attempt toconverse with them, and I move a few steps away tokeep from overhearing their series of comparisonsand judgements, as I try to retain the last images ofthe phosphorescent fish; but my recollections havealready, inevitably, been altered by the intelligentcriticisms I have just heard..." The vital force oflife lies not in measured reflection, but in activepursuit—a sensual investment and conceptual open¬ness to immediate stimulus from every direction.Cortazar's fiction strives to stimulate those pri¬mary and unconscious associations. He interpolatesthe fantastic into the existing themes of reality in hisown version of a Lester Young solo, of a dancingphosphorescent fish. His improvisations provideglimpses through a seemingly ordinary world to aregion only the imagination can penetrate. Thefantastic does not explode into his stories, but ratheremerges as a fact that has always existed but whichmost people have simply missed. He insists on thenecessity of a real context which highlights theintangible and thereby strikes a noticeable dis¬sonance. Literature that aspires to be merely reali¬stic could do no better job of creating crediblecircumstances than those presented by day to daylife. Cortazar's aim, as Verne’s and LesterYoung's, is to create a richer reality throughalteration.How unlikely it seems at first that a writer soinsistent on the life force in literature writes nothingbut stories of people disappearing into the earth orbecoming salamanders or finding a pet hand ontheir window sill. Cortazar believed that the bestway to get readers to see themselves in a new way.to vitalize the old themes of their lives, w as to drawthem outside themselves—away from the con¬sciousness the world demands. It is impossible toread Around the Day in Eighty Worlds withoutleaving yourself from time to time, seduced intoCortazar's wild and passionate imagination. And ashe writes, “there is more: eighty worlds and withineach one eighty more, and within each of these...”by Dave McNulty'8 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1986Child of All Nationsby Pramoedya Ananta ToerTranslated by Max LanePeople say that before mankind stands only dis¬tance. And its limit is the horizon. Once thedistance has been crossed, the horizon moves awayagain. There is no romance so strong that it couldtame and hold them — the eternal distance and thehorizon.Child of all Nations is Max Lane’s translation ofIndonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s AnakSemua Bangsa (Jakarta: Hasta Mitra Publishing House,1980). The second volume of a tetralogy. Child of AllNations holds its own as a compelling tale of humansuffering and outrage against Dutch rule in NetherlandsEast Indies (NEI) of 1899-1900. (Pramoedya's ThisEarth of Mankind is the first volume; Footsteps andGlass House, the third and fourth, respectively.) Child ofAll Nations is simultaneously personal and political. Itdepicts the indignation and protests of a Southeast Asianpeople responding to white Christian Dutch disregard foran Islamic marriage between a Javanese youth (Minke)and his Eurasian spouse (Annelies). Colonial interferencein this intimately personal relationship contributes toAnnelies’ early death.Born 6 February 1925 in Blora, Java, Pramoedya iswell aware of Dutch insensitivity and cruelty in NEI. Hispersona! committment to national liberation cost Pram¬oedya two years in colonial Dutch prisons during the finalpre-independence period. But his novel is more than thestory of justifiable Javanese anger under foreign provoca¬tion. Drawing from the life of Tirto Adisuryo (Indonesianjournalist and critic of Dutch colonial policy), he patientlysketches a turning point in the political maturation of hisgrandparents’ generation. To appropriate Pramoedya’smetaphor, his book unveils a dynamic truth before anexpanding “horizon.” Unfolding before the reader is ayoung husband's saddened, bitter reaction to forcedseparation from his wife and, shortly afterwards, to heruntimely death in Holland. Transcending localized anti-Dutch sentiment, the genesis of Indonesian nationalistconsciousness at the turn of the century reveals itself.A prolific and influential writer, Pramoedya was activein such associations as LEKRA (Lembaga KebudayaanRakyat — Institute for People’s Culture) in post¬independence years. LEKRA often took positions similarto those of the PKI (Indonesian Communist Party). Thismade Pramoedya an easy target for Suharto’s rightwingjunta after their violent 1965 accession to power. Themilitary junta interned Pramoedya for four years inJakarta prisons. His captors then moved him to a forsakenBurn island work camp.In his new role as ex-tapol (political prisoner), Pram¬oedya has brought his four-part epic to fellow Indonesiansunder the Jakarta dictatorship. The first two volumes werebest-sellers until banned by that Government’s order in1981.Pramoedya turned some circumstances of a harshincarceration to his advantage. Depending on one’ssource, his keepers confiscated and/or destroyed hislibrary and research notes. And they denied him writingmaterials for the first ten years of his captivity. In 1973,however, Pramoedya told his story aloud in nightlyinstallments to fellow inmates. Two years later, hereceived permission — and a typewriter — to write hisnovel.From a print-medium orientation. Pramoedya’s oralstorytelling served as a vital mnemonic. From an audio¬visual perspective, his oral narrative had a morepervasive impact on his novel. Oral performance andwritten literature have closely interacted in Java andelsewhere for centuries. In the Buru penal camp. Pram¬oedya, the imprisoned storyteller, did not play thetraditional role of dalang (puppet master) in the wayangkulit (shadow play with leather puppets). But even in thedarkened isolation barrack without puppets, screen orbacklighting, two common features of his role and that ofthe dalang stand out: (1) narrating a story from memory';and (2) adopting the voices of each and every character ashe or she appears. Pramoedya provides an explicitanalogy. Speaking through Minke, he compares thecomplexity of Southeast Asian international relations to“....that grand epic of conflict, the Bharatayuddha way¬ang story.” Minke “....had never met a puppet-masterwho dared to put it on. It was too complicated and thatcomplexity left an impression of the supernatural. So, tooit was with this ‘balance of power’ ”. Pramoedya,however, had set out to demystify “the supernatural,”i.e., the false notion that the common people couldn'tcomprehend the political forces enslaving their country.He may also have benefited from audience reaction to hisnumerous storytellings and had the opportunity to developa more textured treatment of Minke’s nascent politicalconsciousness.A nineteenth-century Dutch policy debate on the NEIprovides a political opening for Pramoedya’s story. TheVereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie had gradually con¬quered much of Java and Sumatra, eventually extending apatchy and indirect control over large parts of the tropicalarchipelago that became NEI. After the Java War of1825-1830, Holland’s desire to ensure a steadv financialreturn from NEI led to the Cultuurstelsel, i.e. Culture (or *Cultivation) System. This policy forced peasants ofdensely populated central and eastern Java (a major localein Child of All Nations) to cultivate crops for export —first, indigo and sugar cane, and later, coffee, tea,tobacco and pepper. A state monopoly administered theprogram and collected the profits. This extension ofvillage production did not raise the standard of living inNEI. The Cultuurstelsel also limited the profits of someprivate capitalists. And so, for differing reasons, human¬ itarians and Dutch business people criticized this policy inthe 1860s. The result was the Liberal Policy and an 1870agrarian law opening NEI to large infusions of Europeanprivate capital, eventually abolishing the Cultuurstelsel.By the late 1890s (as the novel commences), the principlearticles of export were sugar, coffee, tea, rice, indigo,cinchona, tobacco and tin. Except for rice, almost 80 per¬cent of these exports went to the Netherlands. At the sametime, Dutch liberals had to confront the failure of theirpolicy to improve the lives of the colonial peoples.Growing criticisms led to advocacy of a welfare-orientedEthical Policy by one faction.In this setting. Minke’s close ties to two woman arepivotal to his political awakening: Nyai Ontosoroh. hismentor and mother-in-law, and Annelies, her Eurasiandaughter and Minke’s spouse. This Earth of Mankinddevelops the earlier relationship between Annelies andMinke. The opening lines of Child of All Nationspoignantly summarize how their separation affectedMinke:Annelies had set sail. Her going was as a youngbranch wrenched away from the plant that nouri¬shed it. This parting was a turning point in my life.My youth was over, a youth beautifully full ofhopes and dreams.Herman Mellema, Annelies’ Dutch father, had died;and her legal status changed: She is no longer Nvai’scharge. Consequently, Annelies’ Islamic marriage toMinke has no standing. The Marechausee (elite troops ofthe colonial army) seize her, take her from Surabaya toBetawi (Batavia — today’s Jakarta), and, thence, send herby sea to the Netherlands. Panji Darman. Minke’syounger friend, heeds Nyai’s urgings and manages to“escort” Annelies to her destination. He become Minke’slast link with the living Annelies. From his letters andtelegrams, Minke and Nyai learn of Annelies’ falteringhealth. A weakened Annelies dies shortly after dis¬embarking in the Netherlands.Minke, counseled by Nyai, turns from prayer and pity,begins “...to learn to feel the fire of revenge...,’’ fromher. and undertakes to find out who perpetrated Annelies’kidnapping. This joint mission ot Minke and Nyai is theheart and soul of Child of All Nations. (Surati and otherwomen in Pramoedya’s story- have a less didactic impactbut are important.) Nyai's personal direction and politicalguidance is powerful and catalytic. One index of thechanges undergone by Minke is the ability of this youngman of Islamic upbringing to pose the pre-feministquestion to himself: “Why must women be just thesubstratum of life?” And it is to his mentor Nyai that heanswers in the novel’s final words: “ Yes, Ma. wefought back, Ma, even though only with our mouths'(p. 276).A heartrending tragedy infuses and motivates Minke'sinvestigations on Java. But the centrality of capital —sugar capital — is a chain or net linking key aspects ot thestory on another level Sugar — that is. the dominatingnetwork of social relations in growing, harvesting, mil¬ling, shipping and selling the commodity' — enslavesIndonesians in Child of All Nations. Sugar reciprocallyenmeshes and implicates “Oriental” and “Native” ad¬ministrators and bureaucrats, subsuming their services inAmsterdam's rule of the equatorial archipelago. Andsugar extends its deadly grasp into the editorial office ofthe publication for which Minke has written. Indeed, atthe outset, Pramoedya also suggests a dramatic compar¬ison between the lethal power of capital and the mythol¬ogical force of Batara Kala. the Indonesian Hindu god ofDeath, from whom “nothing can escape being pushedalong...”. On a more explicit level, the didactic colloquybetween radical Dutch journalist Ter Haar and Minke onboard the ship Oosthoek draws together undercurrents andtides of Indonesia’s imperialized political economy suc¬cinctly and convincingly.Pramoedya portrays the pervasive, pernicious power ofthe sugar capitalists and thereby lends further coherenceto Minke’s journey-narrative, gradually endowing it withan overarching structure, unity and goal. Minke's travelsin Java are an effort to investigate circumstances relatedto Annelies’ death. But his journey also mirrors and punctuates the political transformation of the aspiringyoung journalist (and prospective medical student) fromconcerned individual to militant nationalist (not yet arevolutionary). Minke painfully struggles to overcome thelimitations of his bourgeois, Dutchified schooling inSurabaya. In this metamorphosis. Minke becomes a“child of all nations, of all ages, past and present,” apupil who sheds his resistance, reluctance and prejudicesto learn from an impressive range of teachers. BesidesNyai Ontosoroh. they include: egalitarian impulses fromthe French Revolution of 1789; persistent anti-colonialresistance in the Atjeh (today’s Aceh) region of north¬ernmost Sumatra; Japan, the Asian power confrontingintrusions of North Atlantic-based empires into theEurocentrically-defined “Far East;” the Malolos Re¬public (1898) in the Philippine archipelago to the north¬east; Khouw Ah Soe, the articulate revolutionary-nationalist Chinese emigre to Surabava; and the liberalDutch. This education shatters Minke's illusionsconcerning bourgeois/colonial legality. Step by step, theaggrieved young widower transcends earlier parochialism,senses deeper implications of anti-Dutch sentiment amongpeasants and others on Java and Sumatra, and responds tothe Pan-Asian range of anti-colonial struggles. Thissynthesis emerges by the time the finger of blame forAnnelies’ death points to her step-brother, the marineengineer Maurits Mellema.Max Lane's translation of Pramoedya Ananta Toer'sChild of All Nations flows smoothly, introducing us toincipient Indonesian nationalism. Through Minke's ex¬panding awareness, the reader sees in the roots of nascentnationalist consciousness an evolving, multidimensionaland dialectical "sense of place” of Indonesian people inreaction to local and foreign representatives of capitalistimperialism but also in felt solidarity with strivings forindependence and a better life by other peoples of Eastand South East Asia at the dawn of the twentieth century.Non-specialists will contend with three omissions fromthis first English-language edition of Pramoedya's novel.First, the glossary is inadequate for its broad purpose.Max Lane points out: “To preserve something of the richtexture of cultures, languages, forms of address, dialects,beliefs and milieus of the Indies,” his translation has"retained numerous Malay. Javanese and Dutch terms.”For example, the multilinguality suggests subleties ofinterclass and intercaste communication and conflict.Translations or notes on 143 of these words are too brief.Secondly . Penguin Books would enhance the next editionof Child of All Nations by following the example of theIndonesian edition and footnoting essential vocabularywhen a term first appears. Thirdly , Minke's journey-narrative and the power of the sugar capitalists inPramoedya's tale deserve a map with Indonesian placenames, colonial subdivisions and land-use patterns inJava.by Vincent PollardThis review will also be published in Bulletin ofConcerned Asian Scholar (Vol. 18, no. 4, Dec.1986).Off-SeasonIn a sort of perpetual monument to Septemberwhen the observatories are closed, and no onewalks the wooden platform imagining they mightwatch for a ship due in last week, the light housestays blank against an untraveled, safe coast,the w hite stones along the shore assume an eerielight, the only demarcation of anythingwhen the range of the visible has narrowed,horizons and suns retreating before the day.Still, 1 walk there some afternoons, wearyenough for the quiet voice of the place,when I no longer know what to sayand need for even that to be true beforethe wonder of what beyond utility we preserve.—Jane HoogestraatCHICAGO LITERARY RFVIEW-FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1986 9FromJavatoAllNationsRENTAL CARSBudgetrentacar• 10% Student & Faculty Discount• Minutes from Campus• Cab Fare Reimbursement• 684-0400—Ask for Budget RentalsNEW CAR SALES• Chevrolet and Volkswagen• $500 OFF ANY NEW CAR FOR ALLSTUDENTS & FACULTYSERVICE DEPARTMENT1 f\0/ STUDENT and FACULTY• lU/O DISCOUNT-PARTS & LABORCHEVROLET 7234 S.STONY ISLAND AVE.ALL PHONES10 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailorby Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, waswritten early in the Nobel Laureate’s career. It precedes One Hundred Yearsof Solitude by fifteen years. At the time Garcia Marquez was a staff reporter onthe daily El Espectador in Bogota, Columbia. The story first appeared as ajournalistic account of a sailor's ten day experience alone in a raft on theCarribean sea.Though the w'ork was written in first person by Garcia Marquez incollaboration with the sailor Luis Alejandro Velasco, it was signed, uponagreement, by Velasco. Publication of this book (Alfred A. Knopf) was the firstmention of Garcia Marquez’ affiliation with the text. In the foreword GarciaMarquez talks of his feelings about having the article published in book form.He says, “I find it depressing that the publishers are not so much interested inthe merit of the story as in the name of the author.”In reading this book I found that it would have not been possible for Velascoor Garcia Marquez to have written it alone. First of all, it is a true story andhad to have been relayed to Velasco to Garcia Marquez. Secondly, there existsan intense focus on detail, in the physical and conscious sense, on every page.This too Garcia Marquez could not have conceived without the true to lifeexperience that Velasco underwent. The writer says of the sailor: he “had anexceptional instinct for the art of Narrative, an astonishing memory and abilityto synthesize, and enough uncultivated dignity to be able to laugh at his ownheroism.” Again, the story is masterfully told, in a consistently realistic style,and with a direct attention to actions, such that the plot unfolds without anypremonition on the readers part about what will happen next. This style andtechnique, in my opinion, is Garcia Marquez’ contribution.On February 28, 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas(Columbian navy) were cast to sea. They were on their way home (Cartagena,Columbia) after an eight month layover in Mobile. Alabama. Seven of the mendied, while one drifted for ten days in an unprovisioned raft. The Caldas arrivedin Cartagena two hours after the tragedy. •At the time of the shipwreck Columbia was under the military and socialdictatorship of a General Gustavo Rojas Pinilia. The General’s regime hadpreviously killed students for peacefully demonstrating in the center of thecapital. He also had his secret police assassinate bullfight fans for booing hisdaughter at the bullring.The tragedy that ensued with the death of seven of the eight seacast sailorswas in fact the fault of the General. Directly after arriving ashore Velasco wasguarded in the military hospitals for several weeks. All media coverage of thenewly made hero’s ordeal was covered strictly by reporters favorable to theregime. One journalist disguised himself as a doctor to get a piece of the story .Bits of the story appeared in a variety of papers after being tampered with andmisconstrued. Velasco himself sold his soul, in a sense, to advertisers of thewatch company whose watch he wore and the shoe company whose shoe wasput together so well that Velasco couldn't tear off a piece to eat. It was at thispoint that Velasco came to El Espectador to tell the true story' of whathappened. Garcia Marquez and Velasco uncovered a political scandal whichw'ould work as a catalyst in the downfall of the General’s regime. Until thattime the media had given the public the impression that the men had been tossedoverboard by a storm. When Garcia Marquez asked Velasco to describe thestorm, he confessed, “There was no storm.” The public was made aware of thefact that the eight crew members and ill-secured cargo had been thrown into thewater by winds on the open sea. The goverment was guilty of three seriousoffenses, not to mention the result: the death of seven, and the near death ofone. These offenses were as follows: l) It was illegal to carry cargo on adestroyer; 2) the extra weight of the cargo limited the ships maneuverability andthus prevented the rescue of its men; 3) the cargo was contraband (T.V.’s,radios, refrigerators, washing machines) being transported from the States toColumbia. The government applauded the hero’s story in the first installmentsof the fourteen it was printed in. But once it learned of the truth being madepublic it attempted to deny the existence of the contraband. A week later thepaper printed photographs taken by crew members which showed clearlyma:ked factory crates. The story was a huge national success.The narrative begins with the crew members preparing to leave the port ofMobile, where the Caldas was being repaired for the past eight months. Once atsea, on the Carribbean, the crew, including Velasco, had feelings of uneasiness.Well-worn sailors were experiencing their first bouts with sea-sickness. Tenminutes to noon, two hours from Cartagena, tragedy struck as the waves of theCarribean washed the cargo and eight crewmen on deck into the sea. Thenarrator describes the moment when a huge wave engulfed the ship:I swam for one, two, three seconds. I tried to reach the surface. Ineeded air. I was suffocating. I tried to grab hold of the cargo, but thecargo wasn’t there anymore. Now there was nothing around me. When Igot to the surface, I couldn’t make out anything in the sea. A second later,about a hundred meters away, the ship surged up between the waves,gushing water from all sides like a submarine. It was only then that Irealized I had fallen overboard.From this point on the reader is catapulted into the story. Velasco swims to acrate and holds on to it. He hears voices around him which he recognizes andhe understands he is not alone in the water. Over the crest of a wave he sees two life rafts. He swims for one, and with the help of a wave he manages topull himself into it. Three of his mates try to swim toward the raft. Anothercalls to him from a crate. Velasco rows furiously, but to no avail, as the windand waves are too strong and the raft too heavy. When he looks again, the manon the crate, Ramon Herrera, is no longer there. Two others disappear. Theonly one left is his friend, Luis Rengifo, who is swimming confidently towardthe raft. He manages to swim two meters from the end of Velasco’soutstretched oar before going under for the last time. The sailor remainsstanding in the unprovisioned raft, oar in hand, searching the sea for his friend.The next time he looks at his watch it is noon. Ten minutes had passed.Velasco was to spend the next ten days at sea. He was surrounded by waterhe could not drink. The sun and the salt water burn and blister his skin duringthe day. while the cold water and the wind freeze him at night. Sharks frenzyaround his raft punctually at five o’clock every day.On the fifth day he manages to catch a young seagull which boldly pecks atthe cut on his knee. But instead of a meal the sailor winds up with a revoltingmess of thick blood, feathers, blue veins, guts and bones. Not to mention sharksthat immediately surround his boat. There is no meat on the bird, it smells offish and the skin is manged. Frustrated, he throws it into the water. He ends upeating three business cards from his pockets. He attempts to eat his shoes butcannot tear off a piece. On the seventh day, sharks chase a five foot fish into theraft. He kills it with an oar. Painstakingly he manages to gut the fish with hishands and takes a bite, his first in a week. His hunger and thirst are appeasedwith that one morsel. While washing the blood and scales off the side of the raftthe fish is stolen by a shark.By the ninth day Velasco is half dead. By the tenth morning he is in sight ofland. He is overcome with emotion and plunges, two kilometres from shore,into the water. He swims on faith, crawls against the undertow to land andfaints. Once discovered, he becomes an instant hero.The story is told with relentless energy and with lifelike realism. Thecamera's focus on detailed action becomes a driving force for the reader. Onopening to a random page I find an instance where the narrator describes hisattempts to hand-catch fish. He says.They nibbled at my fingers, gently at first, as when they nibble at bait.Then a little harder. A smooth silver fish about a foot and a half long,with minute, sharp teeth, tore the skin off my thumb. Then I realized thatthe nibbles of the other fish hadn’t been harmless: all my fingers hadsmall bleeding cuts.The writing is simple and effective. There are no unnecessary words. Thevision is vivid, accentuated by adjectives. The action is presented in astraightforward, logical order. It is great storytelling which forces one to readthe next word, sentence, paragraph. In context, it depicts and adds to thehopelessness of the shipwrecked sailor. The harmless nibbles suggest hope¬fulness on the reader and narrators part, maybe he will catch a fish. In the firsttwo sentences one has the subconscious anticipation one gets while fishing: anibble on the hook or the ripples created by a bobber once still on the water.With the next action and final sentence (“all my fingers had small bleedingcuts.”) One is placed smack within the reality of the sailor’s predicament. He isfishing with human flesh and not hook and bait.To me it is not so important who wrote this story, but rather the fact that itwas written. As a journalistic account it is captivating and incriminating. As apiece of narrative art. though only a pebble on a vast beach, it is brilliant. 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University Ave.Fridays, 12:00 noon - Information Conversation in Morry’sHutchinson CommonsConversation or counseling is available anytime.Rev. William J. Kuntze, DirectorThe United Methodist Foundationat the University of Chicago1448 East 53rd Street363-7080, or 493-2944CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986Microworldsby Stanislaw LemI used to love science fiction, reading it hour afterhour, pausing only to refill my big glass of Tang with icecubes. Something about those great interstellar space¬ships, the tantalizingly incomplete details of the backyardmatter-energy converter, the twisted wonders of hypers¬pace, the corny morals, the seventeen sexes of Rigel IXall excited me to no end. I ate it up. Later on I learnedthat science fiction was not well-respected by the main¬stream community as literature of any sort. At best thegenre was ignored. While this bad reputation was perhapsdeserved it was not documented. Literary critics did notthink it worth the effort to explain in detail why sciencefiction is trash. Microworlds does so at length.Stanislaw Lem is one author who has received literaryattention even though his primary efforts were, in fact,the writing of science fiction. Lem is a Polish writer, bornin 1921, who studied medicine and is very well read in avariety of scientific and humanistic fields. Except for briefsabbaticals to the West he has lived in Poland all his life.Lem’s early exposure to science fiction introduced him tothe novels of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and OlafStapledon. (The latter is a lesser known science fictionwriter credited with originating the epic cosmological talecovering billions of years of human evolution). Lem wasimpressed by these authors and saw in them the begin¬nings of new literary movements. Much of his own workwas written with these authors in mind. Cutoff fromWestern materials during and after the war. Lem expectedscience fiction to be alive and well when he againacquired access to current Western books. What he foundwas alive, but suffocating like an algae bloom—anAmerican and to a lesser extent British subgenre domi¬nated by repetitious gadget-centered escapism marketed toa blindly loyal following of noncritical fans. Lem took itupon himself to spell out to the science fiction communityjust what exactly was wrong. Why it was not literature.Microworlds is a collection of translations of Lem'sessays, all previously published, some fifteen years old.While concentrating on what's wrong with science fiction,the essays also cover Lem's own life, his opinion on thework of Jorge Luis Borges, and a brief critique of theStructuralism school of narrative analysis.Lem begins by setting down the framework for howfantastic elements work in fiction: In a story, things havemeaning because the author chose to put them in the storyover leaving them out. This is opposed to reality, where athing can “just be" A chair, for example will only bementioned (other than a passing reference to set thescene), if it reflects in some way on a character or eventin the story.Lem does not consider narratives like the Antinovelwhere one can in fact find chairs (and. in extreme cases,whole dining room sets) that “just be" for antichapterafter antichapter. Fantastic elements enter in one of twoThe Spider and the Fly“Oh!" said the fly,“I'm afraid I will die.”The spider was happy,but didn't know why.“If you eat me," asked the fly,“won't the world be no more?"“I doubt it," said the spider,“It's never happened before."“The webbing," said one,“Is it yours or mine?"Responded the spider,“Are you speaking to me?"“No me!" said the fly.And now she is free.—S. Isaac Lucas REPRIRS in SPREENext Player Goesforms, says Lem. First they can be Final Fantasyelements. Final Fantasy elements, such as intelligentdinosaurs in a science fiction cartoon, are an end inthemselves in that they symbolize nothing deeper, servingno purpose other than to allow the fantastic story to befantastic. Final Fantasy elements have no deep semanticor social referents in reality . The other type of object isthe element of Passing Fantasy. Lem cites GregorSamsa's metamorphosis into a giant roach as a primeexample. The cockroach is fantastic, but beyond thatinitial level the fantasy passes and becomes a way to adeeper meaning fully capable of depicting situations orfeelings relevant to the real world. (Note that Lem doesnot consider Kafka's story science fiction. His workingdefinition of a good science fiction story is one thatcarefully weaves a speculative, but economically, sociol¬ogically, and technologically possible, hypothesis into thecomplex stream of the human condition). One of sciencesfiction's problems, says Lem. is that not only does itcontain a lot of Final Fantasy elements with no semanticor symbolic significance outside the story, but these FinalFantasy elements are used to resolve Final Fantasyconflicts—imaginary ray guns fighting imaginary alienwars for impossible reasons. Lem has no patience withgratuitous fantasy. In a separate essay on time-travelstories Lem spells out further details of this argument.While the concept of traveling back in time and killingyour grandparents before you were born, altering theoutcome of the Civil War. or impregnating and givingbirth to yourself are stimulating, they can only be so in alimited sense. Any story dealing with impossible conceptscan only be judged on the level that a game is judged on.rather like the analysis of an interesting arrangement ofpieces on a chessboard, never as anything more. Lem isangered by the way authors pass off horror and wishfulfillment as scientific predicition. myth as quasi-scientific hypothesis. Very science-minded himself, he haslow regard for writers who don't do their homeworkabout what is and is not logically possible.Does Lem have any good words to say? Lem singlesout Philip K. Dick as one current U.S. writer (now dead)who has occasionally managed to raise his work out of thevast slushpile. Lem has high praise for L'bik which dealswith preserving the minds of dying people in a sort ofcommunal memory bank with leaks. Strong wills takeover weak wills, people don’t know where they are orwhat's real. Lem appreciates the “world of preestablisheddisharmony," one of his own favorite themes, and what itsays about the limitations of the human mind and body.Oddly enough Lem does not give Dick full credit forconsciously creating a superior tale. Rather he supposesthat it happened with Dick spontaneously, Dick put somay trashy elements together that they cancelled eachother out, exposing, something deeper underneath. Lemhas some praise, with reservations, for the RussianStrugatsky brothers and for Ursula LeGuin.Lem only bothers to spell out his criticisms of sciencefiction because he sees such potential gone to waste. Asexamples of how things could be better, he offers threeplot outlines as Verne, Wells or Stapledon might haveconceived them. Recently Lem has given up his quest toimprove science fiction and since about 1980 he hasstopped reading it.How does his own writing stand up? Lem admits hisown early works were unrealistically simplistic andoptimistic. His major novel Solaris and philosophicalwork Summa technologiae he is quite happy with.Updike has reviewed Lem twice and says that “hisattempt to cater to us w ith a mundane novel of psychologyand eros is relatively clumsy" though “on the whole Lemknits his hypothetical world together with an abundanceand rigor more than visionary ..."Tacked onto Lem's science fiction articles are two shortdiscussions' of literature and critique. In an essay onBorges he singles out the four stones Hon. Uqbar. OrbisTertius. Pierre Menard—Author of the Quixote. TheLottery in Babylon and Three Versions of Judas assuperb, each impeccably logical and believable in their DRnGER-EOmETS!Next Player Goesown fantastic way. The rest of Borges, he claims, overuses the same “unification of mutually exclusive op¬posites" technique that worked so well in the fourexemplary stories. Lem is concerned, perhaps overly so.with the new and the original. He is reluctant to admitthat “It's all been said before." He does not understandBorges' digging deep into the past's treasures and demonswhen humanity is building newer and “more paradisesand hells" today.Next, Stanislaw Lem takes a shot at Structuralism.Since I was unfamiliar with the literary and philosophicalmovement. I "researched" it briefly. Josue Harari sTextual Strategies gives some background. In short.Structuralism is a method of analysis that focuses on whatnarratives have in common rather than the meaning of anyone narrative. A structuralist may search for a model orgrid of gradually changing parameters onto which mostnarratives can be placed. Levi-Strauss presented a theoryof the myth where all myths of all cultures are actuallytransformations of the same global myth structure. As ofthe late 1970s, however. Structuralism was “out." Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction were “in." Post-Structuralism says Structuralism is too narrow, toolimiting, inherently incomplete. The long held dicotomybetween signifier and signified in the theory of symbolsand how they work is to be questioned. “Text" is thenew word for the narrative and the meaning of “text"expands to include author, reader, the words in the story ,all their connotations and denotations, even the Post-Structural analysis technique, all together in one bighappening process. Deconstruction is a major branch ofPost-Structuralism. According to Derrida and the otherDeconstructionists. Metaphysics (one's way of consider¬ing everything that is the case) never had the fullness wethought it had. It was always subject to the limitations ofthe linguistic framework that surrounds it. In the sameway. however, that linguistic framework was limited byone’s conceived Metaphysics. How- do we. as snakes, getout tails out of our mouths? Deconstruction has provideda gold mine for couples who have run out of things to talkabout on nights when there's nothing on TV.Lem's essay criticizing structuralism, in light of suchmodern high-powered rhetoric, is old-fashioned. Firstpublished in 1973, he simply picks out one Structuralist'sview of fantastic narratives (Todorov's) and points outthat it is much too one-dimensional. Todorov has arrangedall fantastic fiction along a linear axis running fromDostoevsky at the “not quite uncanny" end. throughstories where the reader is forced to conclude thatzombies exist, through Sinbad's voyages and onto hard-vacuum space thrillers at the other end. Lem lakes^partTodorov's analysis quite easily by selecting a number ofstories that don't fit any where on Todorov axis, or worse,they fit several places at once. Whether or not Lem’smethod of picking on one structuralist as representative ofthe pitfalls of the whold school is left for the reader todecide.Lem saves his scariest views on what has happened togood science fiction for a postscript. He comments thatthe torrent of low-quality writing makes the high-qualityworks impossible to filter out. Collisions between promi¬nent books and prominent critics become less and lesslikely. Even if a work is outstanding, chances are it willbe washed away before anyone notices:Selection no longer encompasses the whole quantityof published material, and this cultural area con¬verts itself into a blind lottery But this lottery takesonly a marginal part in the selection of values. Indue course, we can see that true values inabundance can have the same effect as a devastatingflood. If they abound, these values begin to destroythemselves because they block all filters intended toselect them. Thus the fate of literature as a wholecan become quite the same as that of trivialliterature. Perhaps culture itself will be drowned inthe Great Flood of information.by Brian YannyCHICAGO LITER ARY RFVIFW—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1986 13TruthorScienceFiction?<DX5 The Mirror of ProductionFor a Critique of the Political Economy of the SignSimulationsIn the Shadow of the Silent MajoritiesT3Gc3 by Jean BaudrillardBut certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign tothe thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy toreality , the appearance to the essence ... illusion is onlysacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to beenhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusionincreases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes tobe the highest degree of sacredness.—FeuerbachEven signs must bum.—J. BaudrillardOGO I. IntroductionJean Baudrillard is rapidly emerging as one of the mostimportant theorists of contemporary society. His work ishighly original, consistently provocative, and richly sug¬gestive as to the nature of its object: the new conditions of“reality”, the phase of late-capital ism widely termed“post-modem”. His work is increasingly emphatic in itsrejection of the entire modernist problematic, of whichMarxism is only an aspect. He asserts that the oldera—the world of force, production, labor, and its relativeunities and certainties—is gone, vanished without a trace,and that we exist in the radically new: a cybemetically-controlled world without content or substance: a stupefy¬ing gloss of fascinating spectacle where modernism isonly a myth and a memory; an imploded hyperrealitywhere everything is equally true/false, where all oppositesexchange in a digitalised circuitry winding around amobius strip that is now our existence.While we could view Baudrillard’s work from anumber of perspectives, it is particularly important to seehim as a post-marxist thinker (to be distinguished from aneo-marxist such as Sartre or Marcuse, who attempt tosupplment Marxism while retaining its fundamental as¬sumptions) who rejects the entire problematic. Baud-rillard's work constitutes a sustained, powerful, increas¬ingly radical and bizarre assault on the marxist problem¬atic whose gravitational center is no doubt the concept ofproduction. In this review I will examine Baudrillard'scritique of Marx(ism), especially as it is developed in arecent effort. Simulations. I will provide the backgroundfor this later critique, examine its main claims and ideas,and assess the merits and defects of his work as a whole.My interpretation of Baudrillard emphasizes the semi-ological nature and context of his work. His later work, Iwill show, cannot be understood except from the semi-ological premise he establishes early on. and it is the logicof these that he follows to the point of no return,theorizing within his own hermetically sealed universe.IIMain Themes and Developments in the Deconstruc¬tion of Marx: From Conceptual Terrorism to Hyper-real DiscourseTo “deconstruct” Marx, for Baudrillard, is not simplyto criticise him. but to expose his secret affiliations withthe world he denies, to see him more tied to than freedfrom the dominant assumptions of bourgeois politicaleconomy. The deconstructive critique of Marx found inSimulations (1983) is already well-established in two keyearlier works, For a Critique of the Political Economyof the Sign (essays written in the late 60s and early 70s)and The Mirror of Production (1975). By explicating themain themes of these works we can explicate the mainthemes of Baudrillard's work as a whole and situateSimulations in the context it presupposes.The unifying thread of Baudrillard’s long, sprawled-outdeconstruction is that Marx was insufficiently critical,historical, and radical. Marx's project was spawned as acrowning moment of Enlightenment thought in general.Just as the Enlightenment universalised its own self-imageand projected it onto all preceeding cultures, so Marxinteriorised the conditions of an early capitalism andmapped them onto history in general, reductively inter¬preting everything in terms of production and itsMarilyn Monroe dynamics. Whether the superstructures were determinedby the base in the first or last instance, and whateverautonomy Marx granted to pre-capitalist formations, heultimately remained bound to an essentialising mirror ofproduction and so is judged guilty of ethnocentrism and“conceptual terrorism.”The discourse of production, at best, Baudrillarddecides, is valid only in its application to the “GoldenAge” of capitalism from the Industrial Revolution to thetwentieth century. In all other phases of history, otherdynamics are clearly at work.The fundamental break fromthe past wrought by “political economy”—a broader termwhich Baudrillard distinguishes from “capitalism”, thelatter a moment within a larger process—was not from“concrete” to “abstract” labor, from the relative in¬dependence of the artisan to the neo-slavery of theproletariat, but rather from a symbolic order (symbolic¬ally and “ambivalently” charged in its meanings andrelations) to a rational order (where “labor” is a term atall), from symbolic exchange to “production and“work”. Political economy “breaks with every symbolicorganization of exchange” (MP., ). Its fundamentalfact is not the exploitation of labor, but, more generally,the rationalisation and functionalisation of the entireworld. Above all political economy is to be defined as asemiological revolution: a massive restructuration andreduction of complex symbolic formations to simpleeconomic formulas and unified signs. “Political economyis this immense transmutation of all values...into econo¬mic-exchange values. Everything is abstracted from (thesymbolic) and reabosorbed into a world-market” (Crit.,113). “Once the symbolic function (of all social andnatural phenomena) is liquidated, there is the passage tothe semiological” (Crit.. 98). The “semiological” then isequivalent to political economy. Political economy callsinto being both the commodity and the sign and theadvance of this system is a two-sided process of increas¬ing abstraction: the signification of the commodity and thecommodification of the sign.This process culminates in the transition from the early,competitive phase of political economy, governed byproduction, to the later, monopolistic phase governed byconsumption where culture and signification becomedirect and autonomous means of control. The theorisationof “consumer society” becomes the point of departure forBaudrillard's increasing critical distance from Marx. Inthe Critique. Baudrillard grants the basic validity ofMarxist anslysis and works to supplement and complete itby extending the critique of political economy and thecommodity form (use and exchange-value) to a critique ofthe system’s signifying structures and sign form (“signexchange-value”) which encodes objects for their con¬spicuous value as prestige. The fetishisation of exchangevalue has given way to the fetishisation of use and signvalue too. Thus. Baudrillard sought a “generalised”political economy which took account of the rupturewithin capitalism and theorised the new mode of signifi¬cation. He drew from the categories of semiotics, but stillretained the most basic categories of Marxism. Here hefollowed a structuralist strategy and jettisoned the an¬thropological-humanist baggage (consciousness, in¬dividual. needs, use value) to safely secure its authentic“scientific” character (production, labor, class, etc.). Buthe did not abandon the revolutionary politics intrinsic tomarxist analysis. The class struggle was relocated to thecultural lever where the initial goal was the destruction offetishized signs, possible only through a rearticulation ofthe symbolic that the system cannot absorb, and theultimate destination was a full return to this symbolicitself.In The Mirror of Production, Baudrillard developedthis strategy further—still thoroughly arcane and un¬formulated—but broke sharply with the Critique byabandoning Marxism in toto, deciding that the entireproblematic is ensnared and implicated in the logic ofdomination. The previous deconstruction of Marx’s“metaphysical” themes is now aimed at its scientific coreand the once “generalised” political economy becomes asingularised analysis of signification alone. Economicsand class analysis drops out of Baudrillard’s scheme, goneforever. Revolutionary struggle seeks the destruction ofthe signifying “code” of political economy, and is wagedonly by the marginalised groups—student, women,blacks—who are somehow not marked by it. This text setsthe tone for all subsequent work as Baudrillard begins topursue and reify his bizzare semiotic logic, altogetherbeyond anything smacking of the marxist problematic,which includes not only concepts of production, class, andlabor, but, importantly, dialects, conflict, and contradiction. To go from The Mirror of Production toSimulations is to enter another world altogether. Here,the last vestiges of Marxism—revolutionary politics—aregone, submerged in a fashionable refusal or radicalpolitics, the flip-side of which is an effete nihilism anddisillusioned despair. Almost joyously, Baudrillard singshis post-structuralist dirge, sounding the funeral not onlyfor the Revolution, but also for Reality itself. Everythingimplodes with the implosion of “Meaning” itself.Meanwhile, Marxism and the whole modernist problem¬atic blindly continues the attempt to produce Meaning, butcan only simulate its terms in a discourse which hasbecome hyperreal, lacking a reality as its referent, a“reality” abolished and ressurected as sign. But beforewe pursue these themes in Simulations, we require thesemiological context from which they emerged.IllSemiology : Saussure and BeyondCertainly one of the most signification theoreticaldevelopments of the twentieth century has been the“linguistic revolution” that was transformed every dis¬cipline in the social sciences, Marxism by no means14 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986 excluded. The principles and vocabularly employed torethink social practices in linguistics terms are derived, inlarge part, from semiology, the “science of signs”. Anydiscussion of semiology must depart from the work ofFerdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). His work is the basisof the contemporary structuralist and post-structuralistdevelopments which have heavily influenced Baudrillard.We can summarise Saussure’s work in four mainpoints. First, where previous linguistics theorised lan¬guage in diachronic (historical) terms and as an aggregateof separate words, Saussure insisted language should bestudied as a synchronic (ahistorical) structure, a self-sufficient whole whose individual parts attain their mean¬ing relationally, comprehensible only by reference to whatthey are not. Language can be analysed in terms of itspresent laws of operation, without reference to its pasthistorical properties. Second, Saussure interpreted thelinguistic sign as comprised of two integrally-relatedparts: an acoustic-visual component, the signified. Lan¬guage is a structural 2“system of signs that expressesideas”, or signifieds, through differing signifiers thatname. (Course in General Linguistics, 120). Third, therelation between the signifier and the signified that attainswithin the sign was seen as an arbitrary relation. Nothingcompels us to name a tree as “tree” rather than “arbol”;there is no natural link between the signifier and signified.Fourth, with a warning to analogical abuses, Saussureprophetically announced that “A science that studies thelife of signs within society is conceivable...Semiologywould show what constitutes signs, what laws governthem...Lingusitics is only a part of the general science ofsemiology” (ibid.,). On this suggestion, the whole socialfield might be considered on a lingusitic model, as amassive act of encoding, a whole system of cultural signsthat signify; social practices could be re-evaluated assignifications structured within a system of difference,produced within circuits of exchange, subject to closedsynchronic analysis.This is precisely what subsequent structuralist and post¬structuralist thinkers have attempted, often directly apply¬ing the lingusitic model to society in a deterministic and ahistorical manner (neither of which are necessary to theanalogy). Thus, Claude Levi-Strauss, for example, con¬verting structural linguistics into structural antrhopology.saw language as “the prototype of the cultural phenome¬non (distinguishing man from the animals) and thephenomenon whereby all the forms of life are establishedand perpetuated”. His work is a sustained argument thatthe “inmost nature” of all social phenomena-—ceremonies, myths, kinship systems, etc.—not only canbe studied linguistically, but in fact are “the same as thatof language”. Just as Saussure sought the general laws oflanguage, Strauss sought the general laws of culturewhere each cultural expression manifested the encodingwork of the universal unconscious mind.Post-structuralist semiology is a critique of the realism,idealism, and scientism thought to be underlying linguisticand structuralist thought. Essentially, the arbitrary signwass hown to be more arbitrary than thought. Thoughlinguistics saw the relation within the sign, that betweenthe signifier and the signified, as arbitrary, it naturalisedthe relation outside the sign, between the sign and reality ,its referent. The arbitrary relation within the sign wasfully compatible with a realist conception of language asthe mirrored re-presentation of the world where thesignifier stood in an essential unity with the signified thatcalled it into being (for speech is conceived, as Derridahas noted, as presence to the world).But this naturalised sign with its intrinsic unity is anideological contrivance. Certainly there is a unity in thesense that any signifier calls some signified into being, butthis does not mean that the signifier is parasitic upon thesignified, nor that the relationship, once established, isenduring. Ideology is based on the attempt to fix andstabilize what is dynamic and unstable, to universalizewhat is local, and naturalise what is historical. The thrustof post-structuralist semiotics has-been an attempt toexpose the metaphysical assumptions behind the realistview of language (as Derrida’s grammatology does) andto establish the primacy of the signified over the signified.The primacy of the signifier points to the dynamicfecundity of meaning; signification involves a constantflow of signifieds through a constant flux of signifiers.The primacy of the signifier has been demonstrated in theanalysis of avante-garde texts—Joyce, Mallarme, Lautr-ment, etc.—where highly creative metaphor, metonymy,musicality and mutiplicity of meanings are at play; in thediscourse of the unconscious, where signifiers condense,displace, and mutate according to the censorship of thedream-work; and in the critical semiotics of RolandBarthes whose analysis of contemporary myths showedthat the attempt to stablize a chain of signifiers requiresthe very irruptions and transformations its sees to deny, asthe denotative sign transforms into an ideologically -charged signifier at the connotative level, calling into playa mystified signified and new sign structure. “Meaningthen is no longer a matter of a pre-given arbitary relationbetween signifier and signified, but the fixing of the chainof signifiers to produce a certain meaning” (Hawkes,Structuralism and Semiotics, 6). Far from re-presentingthe world, realist texts are artificial constraints on theoperation of signification; transpositions, not trans¬parencies; a style, not a mirror of the world, a practicefounded on reduction and repression.IVBaudrillard: The Semiology of Domaination and theDomination of SemiologyBaudrillard draws heavily from the structuralist andpost-structuralist problematics he repudiates.. We haveseen that he deems semiotics an invaluable critical tool toana yse political economy, both in terms of its origins andessential operations, and that he eventually abandonseconomic analysis altogether to pursue the seiniologicalwithin a closed orbit. The “science” of signs becomes acritique of signs, if only a critique that eventuallyannounces its own paralysis.Baudrillard follows Strauss’ brilliant lead in con¬ceptualising society as a communication system governedby a code. The structuralist model provides an initialcritical leverage against all entrenched forms of Marxistanalysis, allowing a synchronic analysis of signs andobjects within a commodity system. Like Saussure andStrauss, Baudrillard sees signs as “meaningful” onlywithin the structure to which they belong but, withFoucault, he refuses the structuralist reification of thesesigns in a synchronic/diachronic dualism; he pursues agenealogy of the modern succession of eras, eachgoverned by a prior structuring principle; and he effects aperiodisation where Marxists sees only a single capitalistorder, thereby breaking up an overly abstract and invalidunity. Both Baudrillard and Foucault locate these prin¬ciples in an underlying system of rules, which Baudrillardterms the “code” (“abstract equivalence”). But Baud¬rillard forgoes the rigor Foucault brings to his work,preferring instead an excessive, opaque rhetoric, andwhere Foucault examines the epistemes from multipleperspectives—sexuality, discipline, medicine, and psy¬chiatry—Baudrillard reductively pursues a single semi-ological perspective. Positing the hegemony of the codeand the whole object system, he follows structuralism andpost-structuralism alike in their hostile rejection of hu¬manism, and the subsequent dissolution of the subject intoanterior structures of language and meaning. The socialindividual thus becomes the decentered subject; activeconsciousness is imploded in the code.But Baudrillard makes some radical contributions andchallenges to the semiological tradition. His genealogy ofthe sign first establishes the sign itself, in any form, asreductive and repressive, and draws a sharp distinctionbetween symbolic “meaning” and signification. Hetherefore renounces semiotics altogether and sees “criticalsemiotics” as an oxymoron. Only the symbolic (in hisearly work) can contest the rationalised sign. His wholeproblematic takes off from a radicalisation of the arbitrarysign. Not intrinsic to language, it first appears in thebourgeois order, simulating what he takes to be the non-arbitrary character of all symbolic systems. Baudrillardtakes the primacy of the signifier seriously and shows iteventually breaks off from the sign structure altogether,pursues its own closed orbit, and there allows semilogicaldomination. The anti-realism and hermeneutic pluralismof some post-structuralists is translated into the hyper¬realism and hermeneutic anarchy of implosion.For all his invective against semiotics and rationality, itis an instructive irony that Baudrillard uses semiologicalcategories and critique to explore what he takes to be theultimate basis of domination, the construction and mani¬pulation of sign systems. This manipulation is directedfrom the code of political economy. “Code” is atroublesome word — imported from structuralism andthen again from cybernetics and biology — whichBaudrillard uses in mulitple and conflicting senses. Theterm is employed to emphasize the formal and structuralproperties of ideology, its autonomous operation at thelevel of differentiating signifiers, and the dominance ofform over content. We could describe the code as “therules of the interplay of signifiers and exchange” (Crit.146) which, accordingly, govern both commodity andsign forms (exchange value and signifier respectively)compressed into a single overdetermining/determinedlogic, a single “system of communication administeringall social exchange” (ibid.).The formal nature of the code - of ideology - works thisway. In its initial reductive operation, symbolic ambival¬ence is siphoned off into a rationalised binary oppositionstructured both into commodity and sign form. Thus, thesymbolic is reduced to exchange value/use value, in thefield of economy, and to signifier/signified, in the field ofsignification. But, as Derrida has shown, these are notinnocent oppositions but strategic hierarchies: one term isdominant and the other is subdominant. The subdominantterm is thought to represent the antithesis of the dominantterm, but in fact is constructed by it and belongs to thesame structure and logic. The deconstructive implicationsof this are immediate: the acceptance of the subdominantterm is, ipso facto, the acceptance of the dominant term; aradical “other” is a mystified same, both sealed withinthe same tautological circle of control. This was preciselyMarx’s demise, to have fallen victim to the “cunning ofthe code.” He theorised use value as a trans-historicalgiven, the radical outside of exchange value where, infact, it is a historical construction of this system whichreproduces itself most effectively precisely at the level ofuse value. It effects a reduction of symbolic desire andtransforms the subject into a veritable productive force of“needs.” The autonomous and concrete reality of humanneeds is a secreted content of the code: “It is the cunningof form to veil itself continually in the evidence ofcontent” (Crit., 145). In Simulations, Baudrillard finallydraws the ultimate consequence of this: there is nothingthat is not the other side of an imploded system; reality isthe alibi of TV and the Left is the alibi of the Right.In the phase of consumption, the strategies becomegreatly complexified and yield not just simple binaries,but polyvalencies of signification (which are not, Baud-rilard insists, equivalent to symbolic ambivalencies),manipulated signs that induce consumption. Here the codemutates in what Baudrillard calls the “commutation” ofthe signifier (as Barthes has described). The relative unityof the signifier and signified in Marx’s time, pointing to adistinct social finality, begins to break apart as a moreabstract logic appears. The signifier splits off to enter itsown orbit, apart from any reference to needs or social purposes, where an infinite combinatory of significationscan be generated. Sign-exchange value becomes thedominant logic; control is directed immediately at thelevels of culture and signification. Objects are no longerproduced and consumed for simple use value; sign valuetakes over; consumption becomes conspicuous and objectsno longer denote the world, they connote “the being andsocial rank of their possessor” (Crit., 32). We consumenot a material good, but a manipulated “meaning.” Signsexchange only amongst themselves, according to theirown encoded logic.Here “we are faced with coding, super-coding, uni-versalisation of the code, proliferating axiomatisation ofthe capitalist system” (MP, 147). This is semiologicaldomination, the “ultimate form of control,” whichinitiates a repressive desublimation, a strategic “liber¬ation” of the id, delivering the individual over to “apleasure principle entirely controlled by productive plan¬ning” (Crit., 85). Political economy evolves “from agigantic system of productive forces, exploitation, andprofit ... to a gigantic combinatory where all valuescommute and are exchanged according to their operationalsign” (MP, 127). Where the signified and referent of thesign are abolished to the soleplay of signifiers, we haveentered the hyperreal universe of Simulations.V Simulations: The Orders of Simulacra and the Riseof the HyperrealSimulations, and its companion volume, In theShadow of the Silent Majorities, represents both acontinuation of and a break from Baudrillard’s earlierwork. The key terms of these texts — simulation,hyperreality, and implosion — were already present in theCritique and the Mirror of Production but were notdefined or explored. Here they become thematised andvolatilised; everything is reconceived in light of them.Baudrillard’s latter work proceeds directly out of theearlier semiological context: simulation, implosion, andhyperreality become possible only with the advance ofcommodification/signification and the resulting abolitionof the referent and autonomisation of the signifier.With the pronounced appearance of these terms, nihi¬lism, determination, fatalism, and jdealism finally over¬take his work. All reality is dissolved in a code that hasnow become “fantastically perfected.” The whole socialfield is “unhinged by simulation” and engulfed by theblack hole of mass media; “all the referential inter¬mingle” in a “circular mobial compulsion.” Even powerdisappears in the play of signs. This is the paradox thathaunts Baudrillard’s later work: power is absolute butnon-existent; it has imbibed its own body and soimploded. Like the vanishing Cheshire cat, it leavesnothing but a trace of its former (modernist) self behind;not a satiric smile, but a lustrous sign. All realitydissolves in the hyperreal where it is indistinguishablefrom illusion. No gestures of opposition, no culturalpolitics, no romanticism of a lost/revived symbolic.Marxism is still treated deconstructively, but at anotherlevel, charged with complicitness in the support of afailing reality principle. This implies a deconstruction ofBaudrillard’s own earlier position, the sociological analy¬sis of the Critique that took power and society seriously,as still substantive realities. Now all power asks us to dois to internalise the Hegelian formula and see the real asrational and rational as real.In Simulations, we seem to move to still another levelof abstraction, beyond consumption, into a cyberneticorder of hyper-implosion. Here Baudrillard speaks in thestrange discourse of modulation, emission, signal/re¬sponse, and digitality. His semiotics, already reduced,undergoes another reduction to the DNA model which isseen as the basis of all semiotic networks, biological orcultural. Everything is to be analysed in terms of thetransmission/reception of coded information. He followsthrough on Mirror of Production, on Foucault’s cue, tospeak not only of semiological domination, but the reignof the “test” as "the most fundamental form of control”(Sims.,). Under the bombardment of messages in aninformation society we are incessantly probed and drilled.Their function is not so much to inform as to police us.This DNA model replaces the active subject with theprotoplasm, moving randomly in its environment inresponse to aleatory signals.The first half of Simulations. The Precession ofSimulacra undertakes an analysis of simulation andhyperreality. The second half is a genealogy of TheOrders of Simulacra, tracing, once again, the demise ofthe symbolic in the rise of the code. This time, however,the periodisation interprets each stage not as a higher levelof commodification/signification - although this analysis iscertainly not contradicted - but as another stage in thesimulation process which ultimately desubstantialises thesame reality that it tries to maintain, to the point wherethere is no “reality” left at all. Reversing this order, Iwill explicate the succeeding stages of simulation andattempt to clarify Baudrillard's somewhat oblique defini¬tions of simulation and hyperreality.Directly contradicting his earlier position. Baudrillardproceeds to discuss the sign-structure of symbolic society.Where previously he denied signs existed before politicaleconomy, here he apparently uses the term in as wide asense as possible. In the strict hierarchy of symbolic castesociety, there is no hope of class mobility as we find in“democratic” society. There are distinct "symbolicobligations” between castes or persons. The restrictivecharacter of this society yields a corresponding type ofsign. Signs are few and limited in diffusion. They have a“total clarity ” insofar as “each refers unequivocally to a(particular social) status” and impose reciprocal ob¬ligations. These signs have a non-arbitrary character in Karl Marxthe sense that the relations they link exist in an “un¬breakable reciprocity” that appears to be naturally given.The arbitrary sign and the orders of simulation begin withthe existence of bourgeois society. The bourgeois orderbrings “the emergence of open competition at the level ofdistinctive signs” (Sims, 84) just as it did at the level ofproduction and trade. Signs of limited diffusion give wayto signs in proliferation, to “emancipated” and “multiplied” signs which becomes increasingly complex andabstract throughout the succession of simulation orders.The Classical EraThe first order of simulacra appears in the Ren-naisance. in the infancy of the bourgeois world, the“classical era” of signification. Initially, the sign is the“counterfeit” of the limited sign, “not by corruption ofan ‘original.’ but by extension of a material whose veryclarity depended on the restriction by which it wasbound" (Sims, 85). In the proliferation necessary for thesystem of unfettered production, signs are “no longerdiscriminating,” referring to distinctive groups or per¬sons, they are “unburdened of all restraint, universallyavailable.” Accordingly, they are without distinct refer¬ents and now ideologically potent in their new ability tounify distinct meaning of formations and groups withinone master code.Already, a crisis appears demanding various semi¬ological “solutions” in the form of simulation. Sincethere is no longer any symbolic obligation, and so no“unbreakable reciprocity,” signs take on, for the firsttime, an arbitrary character and appear without a distinctreferent. But this imperils the legitimacy of any rulingorder which seeks to naturalise its reign. The multipliedsign then can only stimulate, or feign, necessity, “bysomehow taking itself as tied to the world.” Here, “thesignifier starts referring back (nostalgically) to the(symbolically and referentially) disenchanted universe ofthe signified, (the) common denominator of the real worldwhich no one (any longer) has any (symbolic) obligation”(Sims, 85). The signifier now seeks its referent in“nature.” a newly-rationalised construct, the universedrained of all symbolic and sacred content. Naturebecomes a “simulation of symbolic obligation,” a pointof reference for the bourgeois world. The symbolically-obliged sign is replaced with the “neutral” sign ofequivalence, the sign “that can be exchanged in anobjective (rational) world” (Sims. 86).In addition to “nature.” the code spawns the “false.”the distinction between the true and the false, and themetaphysics of appearance. The counterfeit is the false(copy) opposed to the (true) original. The false isparadigmatically represented in aesthetic forms - theatreand stucco architecture. These forms prove crucial forthey become the grounding points for a widespreadtransformation of sign systems and semiological hege¬mony. “The entire classical era belongs par excellance tothe theatre. Theatre is the form which takes over sociallife and all architecture from the Renaissance on. It’sthere in the prowessess of stucco and baroque art. thatyou read the metaphysic of the counterfeit and the newambitions of Renaissance man ... a transubstantiation ofall nature into a unique substance, theatrical like sociallife unified under the sign of bourgeois values, beyond alldifferences in blood, rank, or caste. Stucco ... betrays thenew classes' infinite capabilities, its power to do anythingonce it has been able to break through the exclusivenessof signs. The way lies open to unheard of combinations(of manipulated signs)" (Sims. 87).The hegemony of technique and technocracy is semi-ologically present, in incubo. in the presumption of anideal counterfeit of the world, in this first mode ofsimulation, with the invention of a universal substance.Working first at the level of aesthetic form, it comes toencompass the entire social field. “There is somethingincredible about it; this simulacrum where you can see ina condensed form the ambition of a universal semiotic.This has nothing to do with the progress" of technologyor with a rational goal of science. It is a project ofpolitical and cultural hegemony, the fantasy of a closedmental substaincc.” (Sims. 92). Simulacra then “are notonly games played with signs: they imply social rapportsand social power” (Sims. 88).(Re-)ProductionThe Industrial Revolution effects a quantum leap intechnique and a break from the classical past. 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The hyper-production of this era makesthe problems of the old era obsolete as it poses new ones. Therelation between two objects “is no longer that of an original toits counterfeit — neither analogy nor reflection — but equiva¬lence (through exchange-value), indifference. In a series, objectsbecome undefined simulacra of one another” (Sims, 97). Sincesigns are now going to be reproduced on a massive scale, theywill no longer have to be counterfeited. “The problem of theiruniqueness, or their origin, is no longer a matter of concern;their origin is technique, and the only sense they possess is in thedimension of the industrial simulacrum” (Sims, 96).Where the referent was previously simulated in the counterfeitera, it is now in the process of total erasure; “nature” is nolonger a social or semiological reference point. The “sense” ofsigns, their signified, points only to technique itself, to theimmanent laws of re-production. “Signs no longer refer to anynature, but only to the law of exchange, and come under thecommercial law of value” (Sims, 86). Signs are emancipatedeven more with the initial unburdening of the referent. Irrevoc¬ably severed from the simple satisfaction of use values, broughtunder the code of multiplication, thoroughly hypostatized,production “no longer has any sense; its social finality is lost inthe series” (Sims, 95). Everything is allowed to proliferateaccording to an inner, reified logic, an autonomous code withreference to nothing but technique and multiplication.Baudnliard leaves narcissist Marx and his mirrors behind todraw from the only thinkers who have grasped the real meaningof reproduction: McCluhan and Benjamin. From McCluhan, helearned the primacy of form over content, of medium overmessage. The medium, in this case, is technique, “form andprinciple of a whole new generation of sense” (Sims, 99). FromBenjamin, he learned the ontological erosion that occurs inreproduction. Quantitative advances in technique bring qualitativechanges within the sign: “it is the duplication of the sign thatdestroys its meaning” (Sims, 136). Reproduction, the in¬troduction of obje is to an infinite identical series, begins “aprocess of absorption of all original being” and constitutes theessential difference between the first two eras of simulation:“The first-order simulacra never abolished difference. It sup¬poses an always detectable alteration between semblance andreality ... The second-order simulacrum simplifies the problemby the absorption of the appearances, or by the liquidation of thereal, whichever” (Sims, 94,95).Enter hyperreality. Production, ultimately, has to be seen notso much as a strategy to exploit nature or labor, to accumulatecapital, but as a stage in an ongoing process of simulation.Beyond the immediate reproduction of commodities lies thereproduction of reality itself, the triumph of simulation overrepresentation, of signs over the reality they once depicted.Simulation and HyperrealityThe first two orders of simulacra are stages in the simulationprocess, but do not yet constitute simulation proper. Simulationbegins in the third-order simulacra, in the shift to a post-modern,post-industrial, cybernetically-controlled society (where con¬spicuous consumption still exists). Here, “not quantitativeequivalents, but dis tinctive oppositions, no longer the law ofcapital, but the structural law of value” (Sims, 101). The cycleof sense is now infinitely shortened into that of question/answer, of bit or n-aute quantity of energy/information comingback to its beginning, the cycle only describing the perpetualreactualization of the same models” (Sims, 116), A realisedLeibnizian binary of 0/1 takes us beyond force and productioninto energy and digitally. Reproduction still exists, but in aneven more hypostatized form, more a code or logic than amaterial process. More accurately, the code behind the process ofreproduction it controls has become increasingly liberated andmore directly penetrates the social field. Reproduction becomesmodulation “All the (social) forms change once they are not somuch mechanically reproduced but conceived from the pomt-of-view of their very reproducibility ... The very definition of thereal has become: that of which it is possible to give an equivalentreproduction. The real is not only what can be produced, butwhat is already reproduced. The hyperreal ... which is entirely insimulation” (Sims. 146).This is simulation “in the modern sense of the word,” that is,in Baudrillard’s sense. “Simulate” is from the Latin simulare, tofeign, pretend, give a false indication. But Baudrillard reservesthis meaning for “dissimulate” and sharply distinguishes be¬tween the two. Both simulation and dissimulation involve theproduction of ilk ory conditions, but where in dissimulation thereal is always recuperable behind the illusory, in simulation thisvery distinction vanishes. Today, we can no longer speak of thereal or the unreal, the true or the false: “Something hasdisappeared: the sovereign difference between them” (Sims. 2).The reality principle, left intact in dissimulation, is destroyed insimulation. There is no real, no referent — the last attempt atone. use value, obliterated in sign value — and no objectiveprocesses to be uncovered or unmasked. No curtain to be raisedor lowered on the real, for it is all theatricality. This is "thespectre raised by simulation - namely that truth, reference, andobjective causes are ceased to exist” (Sims, 6). The processionof simulacra reach their destination in the end of all destination.“The order of ends yields to the play of molecules ofinfinitesimal signitiers, reduced to their aleatory commutation(Sims. 108). Now. there is not even signification to speak of,only modulation: no real signs, just messages, no content, onlysignifiers afloat “in an uninterrupted circuit without reference orcircumference” (Sims, 11).Simulation then begins with the destruction ot the real But thereal, once destroyed, is artificially resurrected within a system of(commutating) signs, "a more ductile material than meaning, inthat it lends itself to all systems of equivalence, all binaryoppositions and all combinatory algebra' (Sims, 4). This is thehyperreal. The hyperreal is the transmogrification of the "real”within the conditions of simulation and exists only there. Theprefix is appropriate: “hyper” means over, above, more thannormal, excessive. When the “real" — or what we (mis-)take tobe the real — is no longer simply given (e g , as a landscape is)but is artificially (re)produced - as "real” (e g., as a simulatedenvironment) — it becomes not unreal, or surreal, some myth,fantasy, or synthetic incongruence, but realler-than-real, a realretouched and refurbished, died and reborn in a ' hallucinatoryresemblance" with itself. The copy seems “strangely similar tothe original” (Sims. 23). The hyperreal is the real generatedfrom an illusory form, replicated from a model, doubled ormultiplied within a reproductive medium (film photography,advertising, polls, etc.). It is “the real produced from mini¬aturised units, from matrices, memory banks, and commandmodels — and with these it can be reproduced an infinite numberof times” (Sims. 3). The real is mediated in the conditions ofillusion or reproduction; it is produced as an effect. “Simulationis characterised by a precession of the model ... the models comefirst” (Sims. ??). Absorbed in the model, preceeded andproduced by it, the real arrives as effect, not cause; in scnality rather than sui generis; as manufactured rather than starkpresence; as faked, hyped, costumed, and perfumed. It can nolonger be “real” at all, but some perverse hyperreal. It seems asthough nothing has occured at all, but an insidious doubling hastaken place. “Everything is obliterated only to be reborn” (Sims,22). In these conditions, illusion and reality become conflatedand the conflation resists disentaglement. Thus, the dissolution —the implosion — of life into TV and vice versa. Ultimately,neither reality nor illusion is possible: “Illusion is no longerpossible because the real is no longer possible” (Sims, 38).Subsequently, it becomes impossible to isolate either; reality andillusion implode in a hyperreal vertigo.Examples of hyperreality abound in everyday life -the manu¬facturer of “real” vitamins and flavors, the simulation offlowers, fingernails, and hair color. In advanced com¬modifications we find phenomena such as “tourist performance”where natives reenact — according to some stale Westernstereotype — their rituals for cash payment. Hyperreal events arethose, for instance, which are already inscribed in the media inadvance, such as terrorist actions or political marches anddemonstrations (“the whole world is watching”). We are livingin a hyperreal world when we gauge our experience of the worldby reference to a photographic image or filmic narrative, andthereby confirm it as real. The illusion guarantees the real and isoften chosen over it, seen as more desireable or interesting. Thepolitical has become entirely hyperreal. Political discourse andpoliticians, organised around and within marketing and advertis¬ing techniques, exist in the artificial world of media where thecategories of truth and falsehood are replaced with those ofcredibility and image-effect. “True” statements are those whichsound authoritative. Real policies give way to policy perform¬ance, the simulation of real goals and objectives. In a societyincreasingly penetrated by signs and images, reality loses itsimmediacy and substantiality to become a philosopher's abstrac¬tion. Everyday life itself has become a performance as weconstruct our identities and enact our roles through a pastiche ofsymbolic fragments taken from advertising and media.One of Baudrillard's most effective examples of hyperrealityconcerns the Tasaday Indians. Recently discovered in theirpristine primitive state, severed from their hidden world but thensuddenly returned for fear of destroying their being andauthenticity, their “brute reality" was entirely reinvented asthough real, their primitiveness destroyed then revived, theirdifference resurrected in a hyperreal of savagery. This examplebrings out the semiological strategy of simulation, still employingbinary oppositions and their alibis. “We are all Tasaday, orIndians who once more become 'what they used to be' ... We allbecome living specimens under the spectral light of ethnology ...under the sign of dead differences and the resurrection ofdifferences” (Sims, 16).The task of semiology/ethnology is to inscribe differenceeverywhere — modem/primitive — and to shore up an increas¬ingly tenuous reality principle. We live in a world today that is“completely catalogued and analysed and then revived as thoughreal, in a world of simulation: of hallucination of the truth” (16).Fictional difference, savagery, is injected everywhere “in orderto conceal the fact that it is the world, our own, which in its wayhas become savage again ... We need a visible past, a visiblecontinuum, a visible myth to reassure us our own ends, sinceultimately we have never believed in them” (Sims, 18,9).The same binary strategy is at work in another simulationmodel, Disneyland. Here the same general effect — theresusitation of a reality principle — is achieved through anotherroute. Disneyland, and related fantasy worlds, is a massivelyarticulated illusion which leads us to believe the rest is "real,”but is in fact only hyperreal. It is a “deterence machine set up inorder to rejuvenate in reverse the fiction of the real” (Sims, 25),just as prisons exist to conceal the fact that the entire society iscarceral, or Watergate obscures the fact that the political itself isscandal. This brings out a key aspect of simulation, as opposed todissimulation. “To dissimulate is to feign not to have what onehas. To simulate is to feign to have what one hasn't (Sims. 5).Dissimulation implies a reality behind the illusion — realityitself, hidden but secure — and simulation implies an absence:behind the illusion there is nothing. Thus, there is no moralitybeyond Watergate and no reality behind simulation. All arefeigned effects of the model that produces them and simulation isa “concealing of the fact that the real is no longer real”Simulacra Indians and artificial worlds work to regenerate ourfailing reality principle. Narrowly, the principle states ourcollective identities as modem, rational, civilised beings; mostbroadly, it articulates our faith in reality itself, in the existence ofa world outside our mirrored representations of it. Immediatelyrelated to this is the truth principle itself. Simulation subverts ourontological foundations and leads to a cultural crisis manifest in anostalgia for older and more certain times, or the production ofimaginaries such as Disneyland. But the irony is all too apparentin an anarchic system out of control, the crisis in reality wasmanifested through the hyper-production of images and illusionsin the first place; the system whose ideology devolves aroundstrategic oppositions cannot articulate the most basic opposition:real/unreal.VI Conclusion: Excess, Vertigo, and No Exit; Critique ofBaudrillardBaudrillard's influence spreads like a contagion across thecontinents but his writings are by and large uncritically received.His name is less an appellation than a mantra that allows accessto some new world. It is time to stem this tide with somecautionary skepticism.Make no mistake about it: Baudrillard’s work is incisive,provocative, challenging, and unsettling He successfully rivetsour attention on (what I do not doubt to be) an increasinglyabstract world and desubstantialized reality, new faces andfeatures of domination, the growing hegemony of media form,the increasing erosion of whatever certainties remain to us, eversince, as Nietzsche has said, the world began rolling toward XYet 1 for one still don't feel that post-modern vertigo and whileconditions grow increasingly abstract, they also grow increasingly concrete. The reverse side of the commodification of realityis the reality of commodification, of a still all-too-visible reign ofhorror, murder, mayhem, and plunder wrought by a world-system that is still rooted in exploitation and accumulationimperatives. There are still a wide array of ruling butchers whoexist all too vividly in the lives and minds of millions. Theimmense value of Baudrillard's work is uproot and provokereexamination of our entrenched assumptions about the world andto point to present trends and dangers. Specifically, he poses astrong challenge to Marxism and 1 do not doubt Marxists wouldprofit from an intense reading of his work But in almost everycase I feel he pushes a valuable insight to absurd extremesThere is a salient feature to Baudrillard's writings: excess,both of style and conclusions drawn. His vague, bloated rhetoricthreatens to engulf his analysis at the points where clarity andprecision are needed most There are, subsequently, a host oflogical problems that detract from the value of his work,inconsistencies and contradictions (among other things) withinindividual texts and the logical structure of his work as a whole.In The Mirror of Production, for example, hegemony is absolute — the system "produces all the responses” (MP, 126)— and yet he still seeks a revolutionary politics. The totalnihilism of Simulations at least has the virtue of logicalconsistency. But in this text, he wavers between two entirelydifferent positions: “this impossibility of isolating the process ofsimulation” and “it is practically impossible to isolate theprocess of simulation” (Sims, 40,41). Perhaps this is what hemeans when he says that “All hypotheses are possible” — not adescription of “reality” itself, but a self-justifying banality whichexonerates shallow thought. This formula of implosion, at anyrate, has always been true. It is the formula not of implosion butof hermeneutics; it legitimates not hermeneutic anarchy, buthermeneutic pluralism. Everything is interpretation, and allinterpretations are possible, but some are always better thanothers, and so more valid and worthy of belief. This is perhapsone reason why Baudrillardian vertigo does not have my headswimming. I simply find other interpretations of society — e.g.,sophisticated neo-Marxist positions — more convincingThe whole Simulations is an impossible contradiction thatnever gets off the ground. If the social has imploded so thateverything is both true and false, what legitimacy does Baud¬rillard’s writing have? What prevents his analysis too from analibi status? If hegemony is absolute, how does Baudillard crackthe code? If implosion dissolves all dialectical poles — adialectical thesis anyway — how is it he draws and sustains somany pertinent distinctions? And how is it the masses do, not asyou and I might suspect they do, but as Baudrillard admits theydo in their strategic distinction, e g., between modem/primitive?This suggests to me that the world is not as mystified asBaudrillard thinks it is.In Simulations. Baudrillard freely wanders in and out of twoworlds: the everyday world, where we believe things existindependently of our perceptions of them, and the Berkelianhyper-world, where things exist only as manifestations of ideas,in ideal form. The idealism present in his writing from themoment he entombs the code in an autonomous logic, beamingits commands down to the masses, has gone beserk where the“only weapon” of power “is to reinject realness and referen-tiality everywhere,” thereby producing “nothing but signs of itsresemblance " and so “no longer present except to conceal thefact that there is none” (Sims, 42). Just as Dr. Johnson kickedthe hat that refuted Berkeley, so we could point to a decapitatedbody, lying alongside an El Salvadoran highway, and ask MrBaudrillard: “Is this a real body, or only a strange resemblanceof itself?” No doubt he would reply: "Your question is pointless;the distinction can t be made ’ But, alas, try as he might, hecannot quite rid himself of a noton of the real: “The unreal . .. isthat of a hallucinatory resemblance with the real itself’ (Sims,42).Yes. we can still draw distinctions in this reified world whereobjects reign over subjects, and Baudrillard shows great skill atdrawing a number of them - mostly dubious, too rigid andlacking a sense of dialectical subtlety He fails to see. forinstance, how instrumental thought and symbolic imaginationalways co-exist and it is a matter of not of mutual exclusion buthierarchical positioning. He fails to see that the symbolic is notnecessarily liberatory and that the rational is not necessarilyrepressive. Skills in practical reasoning and critical thinking arenecessary conditions for personal autonomy. Marx's analysis ofthe ambiguous results of the Enlightment are an example of thesuperiority of a dialectical analysis. Similarly, Foucault hasshown how power has not only a negative, repressive aspect, butalso a positive, productive aspect. Further, while binary op¬positions can certainly be used in a strategic, ideological way,they are intrinsic not to domination, but to human thought andlanguage itself. This was an initial structuralist insight thatBaudrillard forgot or ignoredUnderlying all of these points is Baudrillard's naive nostalgiafor a lost/revived symbolic and, the other side of the coin, apronounced irrationalism that repudiates the rational basis of itsown critique. This irrationalism is just another angle from whichBaudrillard would paralyse us, a priori, from effective politicalopposition. “All that Capital (a curious reference!) asks of us isto receive it as rational or combat it in the name of morality"(Sims, 28). It is somewhat difficult, however, not to take"Capital” as a “real” force — what he ultimately means —when the madness and dangers of this system grow clearereveryday. We appear to be in a double-bind, but we are onlywithin the elliptical orbit of an eccentric thinker increasingly lostin abstractions.Baudrillard's work is ultimately based on erroneous semi-ological premisses, fortified by a disanalagous application of alinguistic and biological model that effaces the reality of conflictand contradictions in the social field. The age of representationdescribed in Foucault's Order of Things — a text which heavilyinfluences Baudrillard’s genealogy of the sign — is gone.Language does not mirror a world rich in resemblances and weno longer see it this way. Thought and experiences are alwaysacts of encoding before anything else. But to pass from this toimplosion is a bit hasty and 1 think there are substantial ways inwhich we still “represent" a world to ourselves, not in an act ofpictured reflection, but rather in a theoretic and critical analysiswhere the nature of the social begins to emerge. Here simulationgives way to (mere) dissimulation; the (ideological) appearanceof things is unmasked to reveal not the "real” itself, w hich mustremain a dialectically mediated category , but the social forcesbehind these appearances, the actors, groups, policy-makers, andinstitutions still identifiable and subject to a critically-informedresistance. Not Baudiilard's fatalist formula — “this impossibilityof isolating simulation” — but Godard's empowering suggestion— “Trace the images back to their sources” — remains ourpoints of departure for the post-modern w orldIt must be doubted whether control is “fantastically per¬fected.” that modernism is altogether behind us, that Marxismhas nothing but alibis to offer, that political economy (economicanalysis) is obsolete, that the spectacle or Panopticon are nolonger with us, that everything is finally opaque Rather, we areon the borderline between the old and the new. one foot in eachworld, where the categories of the old still apply, but requirerethinking and supplementation from the perspective of the new .Simulation, while it is no doubt a momentary reality for all of us.or a permanent reality for some of us (e g.. Holly wood stars andthose who spend their lives watching them), is not the new natureof the world but only a present aspect and manifestation of it.Baudrillard's writings, as they stand, can provide certainguideposts for the evolution of our thought and praxis, butultimately, if taken uncritically, they are a dead-end, a politicaland ontological Hell from which there is No Exit Something iswrong when we begin to see simulation games, e g., fake hold¬ups. as more oppositional than boycotts, strikes, solidarityactions, and sexual and cultural politics. In the final analysis,Baudrillard's writings, much more so than Marx's, internalise thesystem of political economy Insofar as they announce theperfection of power, they represent not our actual state, but thebureaucrat's dream of absolute hegemony over docile sutyects."Who could say what the reality is that these signs simulate7”(Sims. 152). Perhaps we. collectively, could.by Steve BestCHICAGO l.ITFRARY REVIEW FRIDAY. 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Till 8 & Thurs. — Sat. 10 A.M. Til 9Dorchester 3-9186 Plaza 2-2870 • Plaza 2-819018 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986e i it * j si 1-.a;* Ursher fcroW.SheandThe landscape she inhabitsare never oneNow and elsewhere.she's always different,masked by. her innocencefrom the green things of this- WrickAbsorbed irt, myself. I forget fthe distances that keep heruntouched, alow. *Habit has taken overwhat W once thought.we would inventwithout ceasing or repetition,time and its forms ,‘ v - c. - • circumventing time.the form of all our circumventions.The old intensities are over nowhut even as we comeawake • , ' v,; .her hand is firmly clasped in mine./" Vv'; t / JWVV;/ .•:*:••. . The Bright Nails Scattered on the Groundby Allen GrossmanI hear my father underground scratching with anail. And I say, “Father, here is a word.” HeSays, “It does not help. I am Scratching my waywith a nail ever since you dug me down In thegrave, and I have not yet come to Poland ofdeath.”from Poland of Death (I)As not in life my father appeared to meNaked in death and said, “This is my body.”So I undressed and faced him, and we wereImages of one another for heAppeared to me at the same age I am.He said, “Now I am in Death's country.”And I saw behind him in the dogmaticMirror of our death a forest of gravesIn morning light. The smoky air was fullOf men and women sweeping the stone sills.“Since you dug me down in America.”He said, "I've been scratching a way with a nail.And now I have come to Poland of Death.”from Poland of Death (11)Poets scream out taboo topics to get attention throughthe obscene. Novelties get attention, and at one time (onevery long time) the public obscene was as novel a topic asone could find. Allen Grossman, in his The Bright NailsScattered on the Ground, alternates his poems between vague historical lament, vague personal histories, andpronouncements of a controversial bond between a manand a woman. Once in the core of the work, after aslightly dull opening. I was confronted with the nature ofthe “unsanctioned” love which the back cover promisedwithout offering the explicit particulars of the union. I hadassumed that the relationship would be interclass orinterracial. But it was incest! Brother and sister! Why,Grossman? Incest is one of the last remaining sexualsubjects which are impossible to tolerate or rationallydiscuss, least of all accept. Is Grossman trying to winpoints for shockability. flag us down with one of the fewtaboo topics left in this country?Bright Nails presents a partial emotional history oftwentieth-century Jews. In one sense, the Jewish tragicpast — both on a racial and individual basis — has forcedthis brother and sister to cling to each other. In a world sovulgar and violent, who else can they trust? Who willunderstand the agonies of their pasts? Their love is aparallel to the bond between Jews, to the extent to whichthey have kept their group (with its customs and religion)intact. It is intense, sincere, and needed, but nonethelessincestuous. This is true of all groups proud and protectiveof their heritage. Without this type of incest, traditionsunique to a particular culture would fade over time.I would have liked to chisel this book into a smaller,finer, more direct collection. Too many poems say toolittle and detract from the incredible strength found in therest of the poetry. Worth wading through. Bright Nailswill push into your mind frightening images which willlinger, submerge, then hauntingly emerge.by Kathy SzydagisOnly the Little Boneby David HuddleDavid Huddle's Only the Little Bone is a short storycycle. There are seven short stories in the collection (thedust jacket calls one of them a “novella”), and each takesup a chapter in the story cf the coming of age of ReedBryant, the cycle's main character. The book is not anovel because it does not achieve a novel’s scope, butthen it never attempts such scope. Indeed, the book’s artcomes from concentration on its limited point of view.Collecting short stories that develop recurring charac¬ters is not new, and neither is telling stories of a male’sloss of innocence and coming of age. Hudle's stories aretypical of the genre. In the first story. Poison Oak, theBryant family’s farm hand, generally acknowledged a“pretty man.” plays a cruel practical joke on Reed'smother; he is dismissed, and the adult world puzzles tenyear old Reed. The third story, The Undesirable, includesthe obligatory, ill-fated, youthful sexual encounter—worthmore for what it teaches Reed about himself than for whatit teaches him about sex. Reed in love comes fifth in SaveOne for Mainz: in the army in Germany, Reed doesn’trecognize his love for earthy Hilda until he’s involvedwith American Nancy, who sleeps in “pajamas, under¬pants, and bra.” In the sixth story, Dirge Notes, thirty-one year old Reed struggles to accept his belovedgrandfather's death. All seven stories are in first personsingular.The familiarity of the genre does not, however, hidethe book’s cleverness; a narrative style that matures ineach succeeding story. For example, the first story's pointof view is naive; young Reed is puzzled and struggles tosynthesize too much at once, and so gets on with the story'only after setting each character up separately, each like adomino. But the third story, with its rhetoric of Reed’sadolescence, is self-conscious: it’s long and doesn't blushat replacing a father with his son in symmetrical passages.And the sixth story', about the disruptive effect on Reed ofthe death of his grandfather, is a collection of fragments.In this evolving narrative style lies the book’s specialglint, not so much for the way it develops Reed'scharacter as for the way it develops a sense of thecommunity of the book's events. For instance, in the firststory, Reed and his brother, Duncan, learn to swim; inthe third story Duncan uses the notion of swimmingmetaphorically when griping about his mother’s methodof parenting; and by the final story , something we’venoticed about the Bryants, something Red calls “flawedcompetence.” frames the notion of swimming. Just as onememory affects others, so Reed’s changing perspectivebrings an unstated coherence to the events of his life. The final story . Only the Little Bone. does, perhaps,frame the book a bit heavy handedly. An extendedflashback of an event that occurred before any other in thebook, the final story concerns the joy Reed gets fromcreating something beautiful. I find this story a bitpreachy on the subject of art. and since it comes in lastand titles the book, it gives the book too clever a sense ofclosure. But in general the book is solid and enjoyable,for ultimately, what the final story says, the othersdramatize.David Huddle is a short story writer and poet teachingat the University of Vermont, and his book exhibits apoetic precision. But attention to point of view is not anend in itself, and Huddle knows this too. His sentencesare softly southern and capture a place and age. wherecharacters come to life from the grain of events, just asyoung Reed Bryant first emerges because we see himlooking up and seeing only the undersides of things.by Rajeev Chary uluPainting of David Huddle by Sarah SwensonCHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW-FRIDAY. 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The following is aninterview with Jud Newborn, coauthor of Shatter¬ing the German Night: The Story of the WhiteRose (Little-Brown, 1986. $17.95, written withAnnette Dumbach), conducted this August byGideon D'Arcangelo of the Chicago Literary Re¬view.Gideon D’Arcangelo—The lifeblood of this bookis with the story of these people and their resist¬ance. 1 certainly didn't know their story beforereading the book, and 1 don't think many Ameri¬cans today are familiar with it. So. I thought wecould start off with your account of the story andperhaps, along with that, what about the storycompelled you and Ms. Dumbach to bring it tolight today for an English-speaking, primarilyAmerican audience.Jud Newborn—Well, the story is one of youngpeople in Nazi Germany, students, and theirprofessor, who coalesced with the intention ofresist the policies of Hitler, not simply to remain as“inner emigrants” who despise Nazism but donothing. This was a position that many otherGermans, particularly those from the educatedmiddle-class, took. It is also the story, in par¬ticular. of two Germans, a brother and a sister whowere former members of the Hitler Youth, whounderwent a remarkable transformation to becomeopponents of Nazism. Once this transformation hadtaken place, and once they found their way to theirfriends who later became members of the WhiteRose, they began a resistance that initially seemedromantic and idealistic and very isolated but whichthen evolved into something far more pragmatic.GD—Effective?JN —Not necessarily effective—it depends on howyou measure effectiveness. Something, simply,more politically acute than when they began. Theystepped up their resistance over the course of ninemonths, which is the brief time of their flowering.The book covers this time, and also traces theorigins of their resistance, their personal back¬ground as well as their intellectual and historicalbackgrounds, which takes you back into the 19thcentury. To conclude the story in brief, when theyrealized the Gestapo was closing in on them, theymade a final act of protest and. whether in¬tentionally or not. a public act of protest, the onlyone the occurred during the entire 12 years of Nazirule. They scattered their leaflets proclaiming thetruth about Hitler and the Nazi atrocities down overthe heads of students who were milling below in theatrium of the University of Munich. This was Hansand Sophie Scholl. They were captured, vilified ina show trial by the hanging judge of the ThirdReich, and while their parents were desperatelytrying to arrange an appeal, they were taken awayand beheaded. Even that is not the end of the story,because the significance detaches from the in¬dividuals and moves outward, first to Nazi Ger¬many, then to the Allies, and today, with thetendencies toward historical revisionism, to thecurrent world.GD—In the book, you refer periodically to the RedOrchestra as one of the primary resistance move¬ments in Germany, even a lot bigger than the WhiteRose. How much resistance was there going onunder Hitler in Nazi Germany?JN—That’s not all that easy to answer. We tend tothink of Nazi Germany in very monolithic terms.We tend even to lift Nazi Germany out of time andplace and concentrate all of the historical andpolitical aspects into an issue of German nationalcharacter. Then we say there is something Germanabout Nazism, and to hate Nazism you should hateGermans. The fact of the matter is, no society ismonolithic, not even Nazi Germany. It is true thatNazism was a homegrown movement. It is true thatit was widely and popularly supported, and it istrue that it derives in many ways out of particularaspects of German culture in interaction withspecific political and historical developments.Nonetheless, there were fissures in the monolith.There were people who were in the opposition fromthe start, and these were especially people of theleft. Communists, Social-Democrats and tradeunionists were ideologically and pragmatically op¬posed to Hitler right from the beginning. TheNazis, knowing this, smashed the trade unions, in1933 when they took over, and erected wildconcentration camps, in which they stashed politicalenemies. This included Jewish political enemies,because there were many Jews among leftistleadershipGD—At that point, this was all taking place withinGermany?JN —Yes. In 1933 when the Nazis took over,everybody and his brother in the Nazi Movementwho had any kind of power at all established theirown camps. Once the regime started to organizeand systemize itself, the SS took over control of camps, got rid of the wildcat camps, and createdtheir own archipelago which started with Dachaunear Munich, which was created in 1933-34. 1 hecamps within Germany, which were not dea hcamps but concentration camps, were origina ycreated for political dissidents. Also in these campswere various priests, nuns and pastors-variousclergymen of conscience-who could not reconcilethemselves to the position of the organized churcin Germany, both Catholic and Protestant, whichwas essentially accomdatiomst to Nazism. Thenthere were intellectuals who, as dissidents veryoften from the left but not always, spoke theirminds and were imprisoned. Finally, there werevarious convervatives who also opposed Nazism.Ultimately, in July of 1944, there was a conspiracyagainst Hitler which is well known headed by Clauvon Stauffenberg of the military. In fact, this was abroadly based resistance that went fcrosspolitical spectrum, and had its base in the mi i rycircles. Some of these military figures themselveshad leftist leanings, strangely enough. It reachedacross to the Social-Democrats, Communists, andtrade unionists, who began to pull together as muchresistance as they could. While I tell you all of this1 must say that the resistance was not enormous, itwas small. It was factionalized and fragmented.GD—Was this conspiracy in '44 what Harnack wastalking about in the book, with his talk of plans foran assassination attempt on Hitler?.JN—Falk Harnack. who appears in the beginningof the book awaiting Hans Scholl in Berlin at theKaiser Wilhem Memorial Church, which has beenleft as a ruin in the middle of Berlin, was thebrother of Arvid Harnack of the so-called RedOrchestra. The Red Orchestra was a Gestaponickname for this secret group, designed to malignthem by implying that they were Communists.Arvid and his wife Mildred were members of aCommunist and Soviet oriented resistance groupthat had cells all over Europe, including Berlin.Many of them were, as Arvid. members of tneeducated middle-class, and even of the nobility.They had leftist leanings, of course, but theymanaged, because of their class, to infiltrate intofairly high echelons in the Ministry of Economyand elsewhere. Arvid was working on the Ameri¬can Desk, examining American economic policyduring the war and pre-war period.So. Falk, as he is waiting at the outset ot thebook for Hans Scholl of the White Rose to arrive,had before him the history of his brother and sister-in-law and others being recently executed by theNazis. The Nazis had busted open the Red Orches¬tra because a parachutist from the Soviet Union hadcracked under torture. Arvid, Mildred and theothers were executed in the classic way that wehave come to associate with Nazi Germany. Theywere strangled by ropes which were suspendedfrom meat hooks.GD—Thev were hung.JN-Not'exactly. Their toes were grazing theground; their necks were not broken. They werestrangled.Falk was going to introduce Hans and the othersto this Berlin resistance. This included Bonhoeffer.Bonhoeffer was a Luterhan pastor in somethingcalled the Confessing Church, which was anoppositional offshoot of the organized Lutheranchurch in Germany. The German church had gonein a number of directions. There was one move¬ment called the German Christians, which wasracist to the core, and claimed God's grace forGermans only. The Confessing Church were dis¬sidents. Bonhoeffer, who was one of the mostmilitant of them, wanted to see the downfall otHitler, and was willing to work with anyone fromthe right to the left. These were among people whowei^associated with a general resistance. Theywere also associated with the Abwehr, a counterintelligence agency in the German army which was,in fact, a den of opposition to Hitler. People werelost along the way before the attempted putsch of1944 actually took place.GD—Lost. Executed?JN—Well, the Red Orchestra was broken open inlate 42, and that meant hundreds of people beingarrested and many of them thrown into prison orexecuted. I think Hitler especially wanted MildredHarnack executed because she was an Americanwoman. She had been given some kind of a mercysentence and...GD—He countermanded it.JN—That’s right. He wanted to see her dead.GD—How much violent resistance was there, anddo you think the White Rose’s non-violent tacticswere more, less, equally effective? Was there anyviolent resistance?JN—There was individual attempts to assistanceNazi leaders, coming from a number of differentsources, although this was not organized resistance.There were even attempts made by disaffectedartisans, that is, coming from the class that Hitlermost appealed to and was closest to the origins ofNazi ideology. But as for actual resistance, therewas almost none.GD—It seems like it would have been suicidal, andthat the resistance that the White Rose did wasabout as active as resistance could get.jN_Well, up until 1933 there was practically civilwar in Germany. The people fighting were the brownshirts against the redshirts, Fascists againstCommunists. But once the Nazis took over, theymonopolized the apparatus of power very quickly.They quickly disarmed sources of left-wing resist¬ance. The left was unfortunately factionalized. TheCommunists and Social-Democrats did not trust oneanother, nor did they assess the situation identi¬cally. For example, there were those who thoughtHitler’s regime would cave in because of its owninherent contradictions in a matter of months, sothey went low and didn’t take strong action. Beforethey knew it, it was impossible to take very muchaction. What most of the groups managed to do wastry to keep themselves together, to meet and talkand disseminate information. That’s about as muchas they did. One should note that in one year in thelate 30’s, the Gestapo seized as many as 900,000leaflets from left-wing sources. That should put theWhite Rose as middle-class resisters into someperspective. There was other resistance, and otherleafleting.GD—But it also shows that such resistance wasbeing closed down by the time that they becameactive.JN—Yes. You asked about effectiveness. Cer¬tainly. the White Rose did about as much as theyfelt they could do, and I think they knew very wellthat you could not bring down Nazism except byforce. They did not have the resources. Everyonein Germany knew at the time that the only real source of genuine power againsthave to come out of military circle^GD—The Allies?JN—Or the German military itsellwithin what one would have to do. Jculminated in the failed putsch ofThe White Rose were middle-clais important. Nobody expected anythe middle-class. They figured thatwere either for them, or too apoliticGD—Too comfortable.JN—Yes, and too self-centered toaction. There was something demigrant in Germany. The notioemigrant was someone who wasNazism and therefore withdrew imanner into his own four walls,pressed himself to those he trusted,outside, he conformed to the expregime.GD—You used that expression toeditor of the Hochlander. and oth<lishers, etc. who had been closed doJN—Yes. that true, though some ilittle further than simply staying wfour walls. For example, Theodorwas a Christian existentialist in Murreadings among trusted circles, eveibeen banned by the Nazis and fspeaking.22 CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW-FRIDAm,, ■ ■ InHSr against Nazism wouldry circles.tary itself. A coup from/e to do. And that is whattsch of 1944.liddle-class kids, and this;cted any resistance fromured that the middle-classoapolitical, too...itered to take any sort ofething called the innerhe notion of the inner*ho was disaffected byithdrew in an apoliticalir walls. Inside, he ex-e trusted. When he wentthe expectations to thession to characterize theand other writers, pub-closed down.;h some of them went astaying within their ownTheodor Haecker, whost in Munich, was givingcles, even though he hadus and prohibited from GD—So that is a little further.JN—It’s a little further, but not much.GD—Because you’re still convincing the peoplewho are already convinced.JN—Right. And there has been even some con¬troversy whether the mentors of the White Rosewho were themselves inner emigrants didn’t pushtheir younger students into a resistance that wouldinevitably lead to execution. One thing one can sayfor sure is that the White Rose was made up ofyoung people who really felt in their guts thatinability to live any further with the lies of theregime, and felt they had to take a stand. Asidealistic as they may have seemed at first, theyknew the consequences of the risks they weretaking. Nobody could not know it at that point.They were more likely, being from the middle-class, to go to the right rather than the left, and infact, Hans and Sophie started out that way. One ofthe strategies of Nazism was to seduce youth awayfrom whatever values of the previous generationthat did not accord with Nazism. They said theolder generation was the weak bourgeoisie, whichhad so softened itself as to permit the Jews todisintegrate the German national character. Theyoung, said Hitler, are the hope of the future.GD—The chapter on Hans and Sophie's action inthe Hitler Youth worked well in that it provided agood context for their later resistence, and showedthe incredible peer pressure that they were up against.JN—Exactly. There’s a good example of the peerpressure you’re talking about that shows howunusual the White Rose was. Sophie Scholl, who isthe younger sister of Hans, was in the GirlsAuxiliary of the Hitler Youth. Hans was a veryimpetuous passionate fellow—in some ways, theAryan ideal. He seemed to have all of the fervorthat one needed, he was active, he had girlfriends...GD—He was smart.JN- Well, smart was not so important. The racialelite was to be educated in special schools thatHitler created, the students of which were chosenbased on their racial characteristics. They werehighly mediocre intellectually. Now, although Hanswas more likely to act on the surface and be drawninto the movement, and ultimately march underHitler’s outstretched arm at the Nuremberg Ralliesof 1936, Sophie was more sensitive to the con¬tradictions around her. Sophie was sitting at areading evening—an ideological indoctrination ses¬sion—and a leading women in the Hitler Youthfrom another city came to visit with them. She said“What shall we read?’’ and Sophie piped up,“Let’s read the works of Heinrich Heine.’’ Well,Heinrich Heine was a Jewish poet whose books hadbeen banned and burned by Goebbels, the Propa¬ganda Minister, and Nazi students at the Universityof Berlin. Heine is also the man who said. “Wherebooks are burned, soon people will be burned.”So, Sophie said ‘let’s read him” and everyonelooked at her with enormous horror and con¬demnation. Instead of responding like many youngpeople would under that incredible peer pressure,she said in a whisper to all of those eyes turnedupon her. “Whoever does not know the works ofHeinrich Heine does not know German literature.”When you have that kind of sudden unplanned• confrontation of your values with your societyaround you, it has an effect.GD—It did seem like .he was quite a strongcharacter, especially at the end when she was theone speaking out to defend herself at her trial., to round out the picture of resistance inunder Hitler, what kind of resistancecame from the proletarian class?JN —Well, the organized working class was Com¬munist or Social-Democrat, so they would beincluded under left-wing resistance. But a lot of theworking class was not organized and did not have avery solid political consciousness, in spite of thefact that the working class in Germany was one ofthe strongest in the world at the time. Workerswere either ultimately appropriated by the regime,or some of them remained sullen in their factorieswithout ever truly articulating with political resist¬ance. But there were cells in the factories, too. thatwere maintained by trade unionist organizers whohad gone underground.GD—The reason I ask is that I was awarethroughout the book that the White Rose were fromthe middle-class, and their impact throughout mostof their time was among the middle class, especi¬ally because of they way that they wrote their earlyfliers. Their leaflets would have more effect if, say,someone from the U of C read them than ifsomeone down on 47th street read them.JN—Absolutely, The White Rose expressed theiropposition from their class perspective, and theysought to communicate with those they interactedwith otherwise, who were people they were se¬verely disappointed in. The students and the parentsand the intellectuals of Germany had caved in. asfar as they were concerned, to Nazism, dramati¬cally and disgracefully. They saw no leaders amongtheir own class who they could look to with pride,or to provide an example. They only saw Nazis orfearful persons who took no stand. They wrotetheir initial leaflets in a very....GD-Lofty.JN—Lofty, yes, that's appropriate, lofty sentiment.They quoted Plato, Lao-tsu, Goethe and Schiller.They sent their leaflets at random to people theyOffer passive resistance — resistance — wher¬ever you may be, forestall the spread of thisatheistic war machine before it is too late, beforethe last cities, like Cologne, have been reduced torubble, and before the nation’s last young man hasgiven his blood on some battlefield for the hubris ofa sub- human. Do not forget that every peopledeserves the regime it is willing to endure.from the First Leaflet of the White RoseThe LeafletsThe day of reckoning has come — the reckoningof German youth with the most abominable ty rantour people have ever been forced to endure. In thename of German youth we demand restitution byAdolf Hitler’s state of our personal freedom...We grew up in a state in which all freeexpression of opinion is unscrupously suppressed.The Hitler Youth, the SA, the SS, have tried todrug us, to revolutionize us. to regiment us in thepromising young years of our lives. “Philosophicaltraining” is the name given to the despicablemethod by which our budding intellectual devel¬opment is muffled in a fog of empty phrases.from the Last Leaflet of the White Rose obtained from the phone book. Often it wasprofessionals they took out, because such titleswere listed in the phone book.GD—Well, it seems that their leaflet, “A Call tothe Germans,” was their most straightforward, aswell as the one that attracted the most attention. Ihave the feeling that the Gestapo was less upsetwhen they saw a quote from Lao-tsu than whenthey read the more direct statements one finds inthat leaflet. At some point they really enraged theGestapo, and I wonder if it has anything to do withthe way they were writing the fliers.JN—I think it was a combination of the change intone of the fliers and the incredible step-up indistribution. They started out in Munich in May1942. Sophie Scholl, who had come to join herolder brother, discovered all on her own a leaflet ofthe White Rose. She went back to tell her brotherabout it, because she was thrilled to find that therewas some resistance among the sea of complacencyat the university. And she discovered, in a dramaticway, that he was in fact the author. She wasshocked, because her family had a Gestapo recordat this point, but she resolved to join him. She said“You can’t do this alone”.Up until the summer of '42 they did a number ofleaflets that had a kind of lofty sentiment, but theywere still moving leaflets. They said at the end ofone of them, “We are the White Rose. We will notbe silent. We will be your bad conscience.” Theyalso said before the summer of '42, “Do you knowthat over 300,000 Jews have been murdered inPoland in the most bestial of fashions? This is acrime unparalleled in human history. A crimeagainst the dignity of man.” They were saying thisand recognizing the scope of that crime beforealmost anyone was recognizing it anywhere. Theywere saying at a time when Hitler’s popularity wasat its height, and the German war effort was stillproceeding quite tidily. I'm telling you this to pointout that, however lofty the sentiments of those firstleaflets were, they also immediately had a prag¬matic core of information.GD—Although Eickemayer was upset because hewas relaying stories of these atrocities that weknow of today, and he was not finding this thefocus of the fliers.JN—Eickemayer, who had been working for theGerman government in Poland, wanted far more inthe leaflets than they put in. When he read the Lao-tsu and then read one sentence about the Jews beingslaughtered, he saw some kind of disproportionthere and thought that the leaflets were, perhaps,not serious enough. However, I think we shouldkeep in mind who they were. They were youngstudents who were learning to resist when moststudents were in Nazi organizations. The wonderuland tragic thing about them is that they did evolve.In the summer of '42, Hans Scholl, AlexSchmorell, and Willi Graf went to the EasternFront as student medics. While there, they witnes¬sed first hand the things Eickemayer had told them,and that made a big change. They walked throughthe Warsaw Ghetto and saw the misery of the Jewsthere. They witnessed atrocities first hand, andcame back to Munich radicalized—more pragmaticand matured by what they had seen. Now, theywrote leaflets that were far more hard-hitting. Butstill, although they were making A Call to AllGermans', they were especially directing theirenergies toward the middle class, who they thoughtthey could rouse. They knew that there were manymembers of the middle class who were inneremigrants. So they began to print their leaflets notin the hundreds but in the many thousands. And theGestapo suddenly found that there were leaflets ofthe White Rose — middle class sounding leaf¬lets—showing up all over Germany . And theythought to themselves, what is this? Some kind ofgrassroots middle class resistance of the kind wethought would never occur? And they became verynervous.Continued on page 26The German people slumber on in their dull,stupid sleep and encourage these fascist crimi¬nals... Is this a sign that the Germans are brutalizedin their simplest human feelings? It seems to be so,and certainly will be so, if the German does not atlast start up out of his stupor, if he does not protestwherever and whenver he can against this clique ofcriminals. He must evidence...a complicity in guilt.For through his apathetic behavior he gives theseevil men the opportunity to act as they do. Hetolerates this “government” which has taken uponitself such an infinitely great burden of guilt;indeed, he himself is to blame for the fact that itcame about at all! 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But perhaps one would think that earlier, middle-class students would not be as severely punished asCommunists. However, the regime increasingly felt itselfunder seige, the war was turning against them, and thingsthat might have been left off a little easier before nowbecame horrifyingly magnified. So, for example, whilesomeone telling certain so-called whisper jokes (anti-Nazipolitical jokes), might not have elicited much of aresponse before, now someone telling a joke might verywell get a prison sentence or an execution. In fact, therewas the case of a woman who said “Hitler and Goerringwere flying over bombed out Munich, and Hitler lookeddown and said ‘Oh. my poor people. How they areenduring such devastation. What can I do to help them?and Goerring says ‘‘Jump.'’ Now. this woman wasoverheard telling this joke and she was executed by thePeople's Court.GD—The same court in which the White Rose wassentenced.JN —Yes. Now. that may not have happened in 1938, butin 1944, yes. Hans and Sophie were offering theirstunning calls of resistance at a time when their brotherwas on the front in Russia. Especially then, they wereconsidered as nothing better than the basest of traitors.GD—So it makes sense that they were treated so harshlyat that time. But it also says something about the responsethat the type of resistance they were doing can and didhave.JN—In a sense, it was worse that they were middle-classinstead of Communists, because they didn't expect anyresistance from there. They expected opposition from theLeft. They did not expect it from young students whowere part of a class that was going along with what washappening. You know, Munich was also in the Nazipantheon of cities, the so-called Capital of the Movement.This was Hitler’s favorite German city. This is the city inwhich there were important monuments to Fascism, uponwhich, I might add, the White Rose wrote graffiti stating“Hitler is a Mass Murderer", “Down with Hitler”, andthey did this under pistol cover.GD—They were really ready to shoot somebody at thatpoint.JN—They started to become much more militant.GD—Their final days of resistance really did have an airof “going down with the ship" about them. Doing thegraffiti was a lot more risky and public. Do you think thatthey knew it was coming to an end, at that point? Didthey bring the end on themselves?JN—There is controversy over this too. In the last days, anumber of things happened that inspired them to resistmore dramatically, perhaps recklessly as well. First of all,in January of 1943, there was a student riot at theUniversity of Munich. Now, this riot was not a perfectlyoppositional anti-Nazi riot. It was a spontaneous responseto vulgar insults that were being hurled at women studentsby the Nazi party leader of Bavaria. The party leaderstarted an address in which he essentially chastised all theintellectuals of the university for being Luftmenschen, thatmeans, airy impractical types, upon whom no nation cancount. He then turned upon the women students and saidto them, “Most of you are here taking up valuable spaceat the University which should be occupied by men,because you are too ugly to find husbands.” Women weresupposed to be producing children. After catcalls began,the leader went on, “In fact, what you should be doing isbreeding a baby for Hitler, one per year.” Finally he saidto them, over the growing din, “And if you can’t findanyone to seep with, I’ll lend you some of my SSadjutants, ar.o that will be a glorious experience, Ipromise you.” At this point, they all got up out of theirchairs, and began battling with Nazi student guards. Someof them were arrested and detained, and ultimately whathappened was there was a protest march right down themain avenue of Munich, with men and women chanting,“Give us back our comrades!” Now, Hans and Sophieand the other members of the White Rose were in a cellarcranking out leaflets. They had boycotted this meeting. and someone who had been there ran to them and said,“You're having an effect. There was a riot. You wouldn’tbelieve it.” They felt that they had had some effect increating an atmosphere of opposition, and a willingness toact. That stepped up their resistance.Then Stalingrad fell. This was an incredible blow toGerman morale. Even those who believed in Nazismcould not understand why Hitler had embroiled Germanyin a war on two fronts against Russia in the depths ofwinter, and the devastation for the German public wasterrible. Enormous numbers of German soldiers lost theirlives. So, in the wake of the riot and the fall ofStalingrad, it is possible that the White Rose became lesscareful, a little more reckless, because maybe they feltthat the war was ending soon. However, it is also possiblethat they had word that the Gestapo wafe closing in onthem.Hans and Sophie Scholl, on the morning of February18, 1943, the same day that Goebells was giving hisnotorious post-Stalingrad rally calling for the extermina¬tion of anyone who went against the war effort, went intothe University of Munich courtyard, and scattered theirleaflets on the heads of the students below. Was this aconscious act of protest? Was this an act of martyrdom?Did they believe they were going to be captured at anymoment? Did they therefore think that this was the lastgrand stand they could take?GD—Did they think that they would get away?JN—They could have merged back into the crowd ofstudents just coming out of classes. My co-worker and Iboth believe that they were overworked. They had beentaking amphetamines to keep themselves up at night.Their judgement was a little impaired because of thisoverwork. They had some leaflets they needed to get ridof. After placing a number of them around, they thoughtto themselves, “Students are going to come out of thehalls now, we’ll drop some down, have a great publicevent, then quickly slide into the crowd and get out.” Butunder the circumstances, having been up for twenty fourhours day after day, its possible that they were notthinking clearly. They did not inform the other membersof the White Rose, which also suggests that it was aspontaneous act. And unfortunately, the result is that theother members of the White Rose were captured.GD—I wanted to ask you. before we finish, about yourcollaboration with Annette Dumbach. and how you cametogether on this project.JN —Annette came to Germany in the '50s as a youngAmerican Jewish woman, to work on an Americanmilitary paper. She walked into the University of Munichcourtyard, and saw a small memorial for the White Rosecarved in marble, and was astonished to learn that therehad indeed been some civil resistance. I went to Germanyas a cultural anthropologist doing my doctoral dissertationresearch on the German cultural bases of Nazi genocide.My perspective of the White Rose was tinged, initially, bythe attitudes of the students of ’68. They were angeredthat the older generation often held up the White Rose asa monument, but at the same time, appropriated the storyand drained it of all political significance. At first afterthe war. to have been a member of the resistance was tohave been a traitor. At one point, however, it becameincreasingly popular to focus on the resistance thatoccurred that was not Communist, and to represent theWhite Rose as apolitical Christian martyrs. The ’68erssaid, "Who are you to praise the White Rose to us, whenyou did not support them when they were risking theirlives to tell the truth?” I too had the impression, as manyyoung people did in Germany after that period, that theWhite Rose were somehow romantic Christian martyrs.But when 1 came to read about them, 1 realized that theWhite Rose had been misrepresented and appropriated.They were politically conscious. They were aware ofwhat they were doing, and the risks they were taking.There was far more to the story then I had thought.Annette and I saw this film, and resolved to write about itwhen it came to New York. As we interviewed thedirector and wrote our article, we also realized that thefilm provided no context for the viewer in America Thecore of the film is true, and we felt that the thing to dowas to bring out the context of resistance, what it meantto risk one’s life in that way, to fill in to story, and also tobring out any dramatic aspects that the film, which is justlimited to the actual moments of resistance, neglected.Annette and I realized that these were stories that neededto be told to a general population.GD—It is going to be the first time that a lot of peoplewill be familiar with the story. What do you think thesignificance of this story will be to student resistance ingeneral? What does it say about the potential effectivenessof student resistance, for example, with respect to thedivestment movement here at the University of Chicago,and at other universities? Did you see some kind ofsignificance that bringing this story out today could havefor students, in putting the book together?JN—This is also a question about the impact of the WhiteRose in general. History is endlessly revised. In ’43, afterword of their resistance got out, Germans who were alsoin the organized resistance learned of the White Rose, andwrote about it in their diaries with a wonderful surging ofhope, that after all of these years of indoctrination, theGerman youth were still able to take a stand on issues thatmattered. News of the White Rose out to the world viaSweden. Thomas Mann, who was in exile in America,broadcast a stirring eulogy back to the German public, ona special program called German Listeners. He said ofthem the following: “Good splendid young people, youshall not have died in vain, you shall not be forgotten.The Nazis have raised monuments to indecent rowdiesand common killers, but the German revolution, the realrevolution, will tear them down, and in their place willmemoralize these people, who at the time when Germany and Europe were enveloped in the dark of night, knewand publicly declared. A new faith itf freedom and honoris dawning.” Knowing and publicly declaring. That is thesignificance of the White Rose, whether or not they pulleddown one regime or killed one dictator, or damaged onefactory. The New York Times also eulogized them, in aneditorial of August 2, 1943. They said, “These Germanstudents, whether few or many, whether representative orotherwise, rose gloriously in the name of values thatHitler thought he had destroyed forever. In days to come,we too may honor them.” They were really a strongsymbol of the possibilities that were not being realizedelsewhere in Germany. The anomaly was also beingrecognized — that German students, people from whomno one had expected resistance, had risen.In the quote by Mann, he talks to the Nazis raisingmonuments to indecent rowdies. That reminds me ofBitburg. The White Rose did not support not only the SS,they did not support the German army. Sophie Scholl saidto her boyfriend, who was a Wehrmacht officer, when heasked her why she refused to contribute woolens tosoldiers on the Eastern Front, that “it is equally tragic ifit’s Germans or Russians who are freezing, but we haveto lose this war, and we can not do anything to contributeto its prolongation.” It was tragic, but there were greaterissues at stake.In recent years, there has been a tendency to histori¬cally revise the significance of the Nazi era. It comes notonly from the extreme right wing, but also frommainstream politics. It comes from Ronald Reagan andHelmut Kohl, who reduce the moral dimensions ofGerman history to issues of political expedience andpublic relations. This also reduces the significance ofresistance. The White Rose had the power as a symbol tounite a very broadly based group of Germans andAmericans, trade unionists and veterans groups, Chris¬tians and Jews, Betty Friedan and Dick Gregory, who allcame to their graveside the same weekend that Reaganwent to Bitburg, to protest. Here is an example of theWhite Rose serving as a very compelling case of historicaltruth-telling. But within a year, the Kurt Waldheim affairblossomed, and once again, a mainstream politician wastransforming the significance of the past for the uses ofthe present. The White Rose can be contrasted dramati¬cally to Waldheim, if anyone wants to give the lie toWaldheim’s alleged anti-Nazism. Waldheim, as an in¬telligence officer who was surely aware of everythingfrom the deportation of Greek Jews to the rounding up ofYugoslavian paritsans, told lies in 1985 to serve hispolitical career. He certainly did not tel! the truth in 1943,when the White Rose were distributing leaflets and beingexecuted. He was in Vienna, writing a dissertationpraising “the magnificent collaboration of the peoples ofEurope under the leadership of the Reich." Here again,you can hold up a tale of truth-telling and contrast it withrevisionism.Today, as you said, there is growing student activismon university campuses. The connection between SouthAfrica and Nazi Germany is not simply one of accident.The leaders of the ruling party in South Africa have haddirect connections in the past with Nazism. And thetechniques that they use today in South African schools,to inculcate within tender young kids the most appallingof racial hatreds, is identical to the techniques used inNazi Germany against Jews. They will show pictures of awhite boy and a black boy. and the teacher will gentlydraw out the race differences between the two faces, andthen draw further notions of racial inferiority and super¬iority from them. They did the same thing in NaziGermany, where they put a stereotyped Jewish face nextto a stereotyped Aryan face, and drew out the same kindsof messages.GD—So its going on now.JN—These things are still occurring. One regime is notnecessarily identical to the other, but the moral issues andabuses of power still occur. *GD—I had the impression that, because of the extremityof the situation in Nazi Germany, you could so clearly seethe kind of effect one could have by putting up flyers,graffiti, etc. You could really see the kind of response onecan get. That’s why I think the story of the White Rose isso significant today. To some degree, the White Roseconfirms the power of public demonstration, especiallyfrom the educated middle-class.JN —Yes Declaring publicly mattered a lot in Germany.Public opinion was veiy important. But I don’t want topreach that people should risk their lives in the process.None of us knew what we would have done. Nonetheless,the message of the White Rose is that one should knowand publicly declare. This means that when there aredifficult issues, and you have to go against the populargrain in order to express awareness of a social injustice,you hav£ to do it however you can, in alignment withyour own needs, fears, and conscience. When theSupreme Court denies homosexuals the right to privacy,which other Americans implicitly have, and essentiallydeclares them second-rate citizens, it is necessary to takea stand and speak out against it. When South Africaperpetrates further its racist policies, it is time onAmerican campuses for students to oppose and protest it,however they can. 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Mencken said: “A writerwho is indubitably American and has something new andinteresting to say...nine times out of ten...has some sortof connection with the abbatoir by the lake (Chicago).”Many scholars agree that Hemingway’s two decades inOak Park had far-reaching effects on his life and work.How did these formative years affect what he had to sayand how he said it?The area’s prairies, woods and rivers, churches,schools and libraries would contribute to what Ernestwould become. But the most immediate influences on himcame from the Oak Park homes he grew up in.Ernest’s first home was a white frame Queen Anne at339 North Oak Park Avenue. Here he was bom in asecond floor bedroom on July 21, 1899. A clear skyhosted a hot sun. His mother grace noted in her dairy inher Victorian voice: “The robins sang their sweetestsongs to welcome the little stranger into this beautifulworld.” He lived in his birthplace from 1899 until 1905.The little stranger at nine and one half pounds under athatch of thick black hair answered the robins with a loud,distinctly masculine voice. His voice one day would betranslated in writing that would affect how others wrote,perceived and thought, even how life would be lived inthe Twentieth Century.The appearance of the house today, although somewhataltered from the past, still suggests the traditional worldof the 1880’s from which it came. In the Queen Annestyle, the house bulges with a round tower or turret and arectilinear porch and bays. Ornamental trim and otherVictorian gingerbread touches flourish but were evenmore noteworthy when the Hemingways lived here. Thehouse is not pretentious, but is solid and genteel. It is likeother houses on what Oak Parkers of means proudlycalled Quality Hill. The Hill is in fact the remnant of aspit of sand and gravel churned up in glacial LakeChicago. As the first high, dry ground west of FortDearborn, Quality Hill attracted people of quality. AndErnest’s maternal grandfather Ernest Hall, who built thishouse, could qualify as quality. Owner of a wholesalecutlery business in Chicago, Mr. Hall built this house forhis family in the 1880’s.Ernest’s oldest sister, Marcelline, born here in 1897,wrote her recollections of this and their other principalOak Park house in her book At the Hemingways. Hervivid memories and those of her sister Madelaine(nicknamed Sunny) in her book Ernie are primary sourceson the family’s life in Oak Park for this or any article onHemingway’s early years.Marcelline wrote about looking through the Nottinghamlace curtains of the front window at her father’s house.His family, the Hemingways, lived in a large white framehome long since replaced by a modem residence. ThereAnson Hemingway, Ernest's paternal grandfather livedcomfortably on the income from his prosperous real estatebusiness.Anson’s eldest son br. Clarence Edmonds Hemingway(whom friends called “Ed”) married Grace Hall, the girlacross the street instead of the girl next door. He had metGrace in high school and later cared for her dyingmother. They were married in the fall of 1896 in OakPark's First Congregational Church five blocks from theirhouses. Ed then moved across the street to live withGrace and her father. Now the offspring of their unionwould grow up with parents, grandparents, uncles, auntsand cousins in a rich social and cultural life. TheHemingways and Halls would become an extended familyof substance and pride. Besides Marcelline born in 1898and Ernest in 1899, two more girls would add to thefamily: Ursula in 1901 and Madelaine in 1904.Religion was central to both families’ lives. Ernest Hallattended Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park six blocksfrom his house. He often knelt in the parlor to leadevening prayer. The Hemingways were Cong¬regational ists. Grace Hall Hemingway and her childrenbecame especially active in the church of Ed's family.Major family events such as baptisms and funerals wereconducted at the First or Third Congregational Churchesin Oak Park.Religion was not the only part of Hemingway familylife rooted in tradition. Both the Hemingway and Hallfamilies were steeped in their family histories. TheHemingways traced their arrival from England to RalphHemingway, who settled at Duxbury, Massachusetts in1634. The Halls’ first immigrants to the United Statescame to Dyersville, Iowa from England in 1855. Theywere Charles and Mary Miller hall, soon followed bytheir son Ernest, father of Grace Hall Hemingway.Eating in the dining room was another matter. HereGrandfather Hall prayed aloud, though softly, at meals.The family had lively conversations at the table, and sangmadrigals after dinner.With this generally more conservative, traditionalnature, Ernest Hall had an independent, pioneering streak.It came out when he had the first house wired forelectricity in Oak Park.During the years the family lived with GrandfatherHall, they often left Oak Park for their retreat in northernMichigan. There the adults unwound and the childrenplayed in woods, fields and lakes. They tested what theyhad learned in civilization in a land approaching wilder¬ness.Neither Grandfather Hall nor Grace cared for this lifeas much as Ed and the children did. For Ernest thesummers in Michigan beginning before he was a year oldsowed seeds in his fertile imagination. Some of thoseseeds would blossom later in stories about Nick Adamsand his barely disguised physician father.Whether in civilized Oak Park or primeval Michigan, Ernest Hemingway moved through spaces charged withideas and values of the centuries. He had come into alarge and usually loving family Where would he go fromthere? What use would he make of what he learned in afree society in a free-wheeling new century?Grandfather Hall raised the same question with Ernest’smother. “This boy is going to be heard from someday,he said. “If he uses his imagination for good purposes,he’ll be famous, but if he starts the wrong way, with allhis energy, he’ll end in jail.”Soon after his prophecy, on May 10, 1905 GrandfatherErnest Hall died. His funeral services were held in thehouse he had shared with the Hemingways.Grace and Ed now set about designing their own house.They sold the house of ancestral echoes to start afresh.After staying for a few months in a house next door toOak Park’s main library, the Hemingways moved lessthan six blocks away from Ernest's birthplace. Yet interms of the change this move would mean in their lives itwas light years—or generations—away. In the new homethe Hemingways would be pioneers, seeking the best newways to meet their needs and direct their power. YoungErnest would benefit especially. The new home would behis studio for him to develop a new voice in letters.While he lived in the family’s new home at 600 NorthKenilworth from 1906 through 1920, Ernest discoveredand developed his voice in his writing. He found interestsand themes and mastered skills that would remain withhim throughout his life and work.Be designing and establishing a new home for them¬selves, Ernest’s father and mother broke new ground intheir lives as well. Moving out of the house of ancestralechoes they left many trappings of the last and earliercenturies behind. They were freer to direct their ownThe Hemingwav-Hall family crest.lives. Their future was up to them more now than ever.Ed's and Grace's ideas and hopes would shape the houseand the lives of the children living there. And none of thechildren would show and pass on their influence moreclearly than Ernest.Ed, as a physician of scientific inclination wanted alaboratory and a better place to see his patients. He gothis wish with carefully laid out rooms on the west side ofthe house where he could work, and where his patients,when necessary , could wait in comfort.Dr. Hemingway’s waiting room on the right tells a lotabout his interests. To occupy his patients while theywaited, he arranged a stuffed animal collection, includingan owl, squirrel, chipmunk and raccoon. In a closet hekept colored liquids in bottles, a preserved appendix and afetus. But for the Hemingway children the chance to playwith words made the skeleton most memorable. Theycalled it “Susie Bone-a-part.” This room shows howscience, nature, hunting, fishing, and camping were allbig parts of Dr. Ed’s life. His nature walks to the nearbyDes Plaines River two miles west satisfied him deeply.And packing the family for a summer in Michigan was asnatural to Dr. Ed as salmon running upstream. He taughtErnie much about nature, hunting and fishing that wouldstay with him all his life, and permeate his writing.At the end of the hall opening onto the living roomwere glass-topped doors bearing a family crest, whichGrace and Ed designed. The crest depicted family unity .It was a large light blue *H” with the center bar formedby two clasped hands for the union of the Hall andHemingway families. Above the bar was the golden sunwith rays extending outward symbolizing peace andpurity.This symbol could also stand for the unity of Grace'smusic wing and Ed’s side of the house. More deeply itcould mean the merging of Grace’s personality and Ed’sin a heady synthesis of objective science and expressiveart. In this significance the family crest could be a heraldfor the life and work of most their most famous offspring.Ernest acquired the objectivity and precision of thescientist/hunter from his father. Ernie like his mother hadpoorer eyes than his father. Ed had extraordinary sight. Inthe country he could see objects or game with remarkableclarity at incredible distances. But Ernest learned from hisfather to use the vision he had to maximum effect. Heobserved things closely in great detail. He could see the relationship among parts of a person, object or scene withamazing clarity.From his mother Ernest would acquire a flair for self-expression. He would inherit or acquire her talent forexpressing in images the look and feel of a place. Hewould develop the artist’s sensitivity to the feel of people,places and things, and then the power to bring his feelingsalive in others.By combining his father’s keen observational powersand objective frame of mind with his mother’s sensitivityand talent to express it Hemingway could write withclarity and power.The family made a special new place for their frequentvisitor at the old house. Uncle Tyley Hancock would havea room of his own to stay in when his circuit as travellingsalesman brought him to town. What Tyley broughtErnest may have been in its way as important as thelibrary. Tyley often told stories of his far-flung ad¬ventures at the dinner table. One early adventure Tyleyretold was travelling around Cape Horn to Australia withhis skipper father when he was a motherless four-year-old. As a travelling salesman he continued visiting distantplaces and have new adventures. All this storytellingsparked young Ernest’s interest in travel and stirred hisspirit of adventure.Near the maid’s room on the third floor was Ernest’sroom, where his friends remember him writing his firststories. From this room Ernest could look out the dormerwindow toward the grade school where he, his sisters andbrother went. Holmes school was less than a block away.In his earliest years at Holmes school Ernest showed arich imagination and fine powers of description. One ofhis stories in sixth grade he titled “My First Sea Vouge.”(Spelling was not his forte even then). This tale was verysimilar to the one Tyley Hancock had told about his owntravels as a boy. The story was the first of many to comethat showed Ernest's gift for listening carefully andrefining and embellishing with artistry later.His room, his home and Village had become a studiofor a maturing writer to find his own voice and amplify itsdistinctiveness and power. When Ernest left HolmesSchool for Oak Park-River Forest High School he devotedhimself to writing in his English courses and for thestudents' publications. Here he had the guidance ofseveral understanding and talented teachers. They seemedto sense what the promising young writer needed, and hiswriting steadily improved.By 1917 the young Hemingway was ready to get theexperience in journalism that would heighten his powersof observation and demand stronger, clearer and moredirect prose. After graduating from high school in June.1917, Ernest took the train to Kansas City to begin workas a reporter on the Kansas City Star.The following spring he quit the Star to volunteer as anambulance driver for the Italian Army. He would nowexchange observing reality and writing about it for takingpart in it, in this case the Great War.What happened next is where Hemingway's life and thehistory of our century begin to come together Millionsknow what came next either as part of the story ofHemingway's life or as the events were transformed infiction. Near the Italian-Austrian front he was carrying awounded soldier to safety under a shower of machine gunbullets and shrapnel. He was hit. seriously wounded andbrought to a hospital away from the front. Here he fell inlove with his nurse, who first reciprocated and thenmarried another.The wounds of war and love were deeper than physical.But the whole experience gave him much to feel, thinkand write about for years to come. As he learned to dowith Tyley’s stories. Ernest transformed reality intofiction. The result most of the literate world knows asFarewell to Arms.After his adventures in Italy and his acclaim backhome, he returned to Oak Park and stayed at theKenilworth house until he found a place of his own inChicago.Hemingway was helping to make and record the historyof our century and transform it into fiction. He was in thekey places at the main events, and often took part in themas he did in Italy. He was coming to understand fromwithin what it meant to be a citizen of the 20th century .For many avid readers he was the correspondent coveringour times, sending back dispatches to the world, recount¬ing headline events and conveying through it all the spiritof our time and its many intriguing places. His dispatchesrolled out in features, short stories, articles, poems, booksand plays.Within a decade after he left Oak Park. Ernest’sdistinctive voice in writing was becoming familiar toreaders in North American and Europe. By 1954. the yearhe won the Nobel Prize, that voice came through booksprinted in languages throughout the world. The NobelPrize committee was commending that voice when it citedHemingway's “powerful mastery of the art of story¬telling... and his influence on contemporary styles.”The work for which he got the Nobel Prize. The OldMan and the Sea narrates a struggle between man andfish, the sea and himself that could happen in any centuryalmost anywhere. For all of his immersion in the forces ofour times, Hemingway could also convincingly portraypeople, ideas and realities beyond specific place and time.The year of H.L. 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SEPTEMBER 26, 1986Dream Workby Mary OliverReviewers often categorize Mary Oliver's work asnature poetry, and rightly so. Her descriptive passages arestrong in detail and color, celebrative of the naturalworld. Like John Clare, she places herself before thecosmos, almost in wide-eyed wonder, but always aware ofthe darker elements present.Her current book elaborates on themes hinted at inearlier poems. Nature, whose creation is constant, be¬comes the locus of poetic imagination. The poet observes,searching more for answers than personal affirmation.Early on, she poses eternal questions:Did I actually reach out my armstoward it, toward paradise falling, likethe fading of the dearest, wildest hope—the dark heart of the story that is allthe reason for its telling?By listening “to the earth-talk/ the root wrangle/ thearguments of energy/ the dreams lying/ just under thesurface," the poet sees her own creative forces mirroredin the continual regeneration of the cosmos.These poems are an affirmation of her place in theworld as a created being and of the world itself as sourceof inspiration: “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,/the world offers itself to your imagination/...announcingyour place/ in the family of things.”But because of this oneness she feels, she is keenlyaware that life is tentative, that destruction can be swift incoming. Her approach to this darker, destructive side ofearth resembles that of women poets in contemporaryIreland, such as Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, who are trying toreclaim a lost earth-based mysticism.By regaining control of such energies, the poet impliesthat the tendacies toward violence inherent in humansociety can be conquered. The connectedness of theshadow side of earth and human violence is often statedexplicity: Everyone knows the great energies running amok castterrible shadows, that each of the so-calledsenseless acts has its thread loopingback through the world and into a human heart.But such relationships occur in the face of an indifferentuniverse which Stephen Crane's poetry describes. ForOliver, within this universe, “the waters rise without anyploy upon/ history, or even geography:”Whateverpower of the earth rampages, we turn to itdazed but anonymous eyes: whateverthe name of catastrophe, it is neverthe opposite of love.“Do dreams lie?” Her poems pursue the relationship ofdreams and imagination, both nurtured by the creation.“How do any of us live in this world?” The mind followswhat it knows, “sticking like lint to the familiar.”“We are all/ one family/ but love ourselves/ best.”This egocentrism becomes crystalized in the artist, wholives to create, but must confront shadow. The poem“Members of the Tribe” speaks of visual artists and poetsfrom whom she has learned, but who “were lighting theirfires/ in the dark forests/ of death.”For Mary Oliver, the creative life exacts a price, awillingness to explore the darkness as well as the light.She speaks of herself as “reaching/ into the darkness,learning/ little by little to love/ our only world.”Restive imagination and relentless dreaming fuel thesepoems. Her descriptions serve, not to merely illustrate,but to propel her readers beyond mere surfaces into themythic. The poems are beautifully, wonderfully disturb¬ing.by Martha VertreaceThe Evolution of the Flightless Birdby Richard KenneyRichard Kenney is one of the more original con¬temporary American poets. Rather than decry the modem technological age by escaping into adolescent self-absorption, Kenney uses intricate technological systems asmetaphor, to comment on his personal experiences.Kenney’s preface to Orrery explains that an orrery wasdesigned to circumscribe the workings of the entireuniverse. The long poem Apples contains verses whichmay be considered “in their own right, each a miniature‘orrery.’ ” While focusing on life on a Vermont farmwhere cider is made, Kenney speaks of the passage oftime, and the place of human beings within the universe.His work tempts readers to believe in the centrality ofour position within the cosmos, yet always returns to thesheer impersonality of its governing laws:This is the limiting velocity:1 thread this white cloud chamber as I can,1 etch this line across what curvatureof space and time still separates us, now,and night dilates, all night, all night the plowgrinds the stone road bed like my heartgrinding through this last bad month alonewithout you, in the dark or in the light.The first sequence of poems, Hours, is a complexarrangement of ideas, using the poem’s spatial positioningas much as sense. Each page is shaped like an hourglass,with ten sonnets arranged in pairs, linked by a quatrain.The complexity of his forms never becomes merely astylistic device. The poet is in control of his craft at alltimes, and because of that control, he achieves anelevation of language which many of his contemporariescan only hope for:And here’s sand paintingonce again: inspired, spun out across a curveof sunlit sky outside the lung; here once upona time somewhere some lively window's piper spunhis spirit out in molten glass, each panea breath, a globe of flame, concentric withthe atmosphere—as every other sphere from birthis bound to be, expanding on the current myth,where every note goes flat, excepting Earth.Kenney’s first book. The Evolution of the FlightlessBird, contains a foreword by James Merrill, who notesKenney’s preference for the complex. Commenting onHours of the Day, one of the long poems. Merrill notesthat it is “a sequence of twenty-four fourteen-line stanzasnicely separated by titles serving now as catchwords, nowas part of the text. The form governs, in one way oranother, the entire book.”The narration in these poems focuses less on thesequence of events as on the development of under¬standing. Many of these poems seem to catalogue pastlanguage, through the deliberate choice of archaisms, as ifto regret a past that can never return. Yet there is aconstant tone of unromanticized hope running throughout.The poet begins the book by speaking of his enforcedinactivity because of his broken neck, and the book endswith free-wheeling world-wide exploration:We’d swum to Europe out of Asiathat day that was one beginningI recallwe stood awhile watching the sunset over Thraceand Macedonia the hot hills touched, smokingGullsrose and fell, drifting over the fire like white ash.In Kenney's work, science and poetry are compliment¬ary. Many contemporary poets presume that science hasbanished magic from the universe, and that poetry shouldlikewise reflect that. Others think that there is no place forscience in poetry , that the intuitive should be primary .Kenney’s poetry admirably puts both views to the test.by Martha VertreaceWild Flowersby Joel MeyerowitzCape Lightby Joel MeyerowitzI've always wanted an excuse to review Joel Meyerowitz’ work, particularly hiscollection of photographs Cape Light. Finally the publication of his most recent bookWild Flowers gave me this opportunityAn examination of these two books reveals Meyerowitz’ different photographic stylesrather than documenting his growth and maturation as a photographer. While Cape Lightwas conceived during the summers of 1976 and 1977 on Cape Cod with a specific desireto seek “something simple and visible but filled with mystery and promise,” WildFlowers is a hodge-podge of photographs taken between 1966 and 1980 all over theworld. You might think that none of these photos bear any relation to each other, buteach of them carries the common thread of flowers.Meyerowitz first received recognition for his kinetic street photographs related to theworks of Henri Cartier Bresson and Robert Frank. Cape Light and St. Louis and theArch established him as a master of large format color photographs which have both adeliberate and magnificently lyrical quality.In Cape Light Meyerowitz used an 8x10 Deardorff camera and made contact prints thesame size as the negatives. Thus, each of these photographs has the maximum intensityof detail and the finest nuances of color. Cape Light captures both the colors of light andatmosphere as well as electric-bright colored objects. These photographs—tiny figures ona beach, a porch railing against a storm-filled sky, a lurid blue raft against a summercottage, burned bodies on the beach—are transformed into serene and romantic visions ofthe most common scenes of the Cape.1 have particularly fond memories of the Cape in the hours when the falling sun oil-slicks the rivulets of sand left by the sea. Meyerowitz’ series of Bay/Sky are filled withcolors pure and almost unimaginable. These photographs intensify our experience ofcolor and encourage aesthetic contemplation. Using a large format camera. Meyerowitzwas forced to give a greater commitment to description. The multiple hues of colors thathe creates give a richer band of feeling.The pictures in Wild Flowers do not have such a clear aesthetic vision. These streetphotographs depend on the serialization of the image. Each picture is a slice in a longcontinuum, not a timeless image which reoccurs everyday in your imagination. Thequality of these pictures is somewhat uneven. Some of them, the pictures of masqueradesand carnivals, have the kind of energy of his black and white sheet shots. Others, notablylandscapes, but some of his wife Vivian, have the same serenity of Cape Light. But thereare a few photographs which are inexplicably plain. They neither have beauty nor the ti anscendental quality of a great photograph The photographs of Wild Flowersdocument life’s familiar rituals, processionals, marriages, burials, at both their mostmundane and mysterious.At the end of the book. Meyerow itz explains his idea for Wild Flowers. Yes. everyphotograph contains a flower, but in some of them you have to look hard to find thatelusive rose or tulip These photographs are not as instructive or revealing asMeyerowitz’ work on the Cape. If he had chosen to photograph marriage cere monies inmany cultural contexts, or focused on daily life in one particular community, then hiswork would be more cohesive and meaningful. Wild Flowers does not even succeed inshowing anything new about the flower motif. Although, the number of flowers thatMeyerowitz found is remarkable.As a whole these photographs are dryly humorous, kind of mad. but also slightlyirrelevant. Meyerowitz has a gift at finding visual puns, but these photographs neitherhave the energy of his earlier street work, nor the magnificence of Cape Light. WildFlowers stands as it was created, a collection of photographs in search of title.by Anjali FedsonCHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER ?6 1986 33EarthandScienceFindtheFlowerWELCOMEBACK TOHYDPresent this coupon for.10% OFFon any purchase.Including Hallmark Cards.Party Goods. 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Housewife divorces because "my hubby cooks, cleans,and irons.""To fantastic Fred.When you get nut of the Big House I'll still be herewaiting. Our love can stand this separation. Eight yearsis nothing compared to the rest of our lives. Susan." TEENSQUASHED TO DEATH BY 800 POUND SOFT DRINK MACHINE Top heart surgeon admits."an angel guided my knife.”Susan Hindle hurls infant sonout second floor window onto concrete slab. Court sets herfree because she suffers severe postnatal depression. JEWELERTORTURES AND KILLS MOM AND SISTER Lucky numbers can make you rich.Ed Anger is madder than a jumpin frogwith a charlie horse at the army’s smoking ban. "Let's faceit, there’s nothing like that first long, deep pull on aLucky Strike after you've spent hours gunning down waveafter wave of screaming, garlic rice-chomping yellow dogs."CHILD ABUSE EXPERT NAMED IN RAPE SUIT "Why are we giving away thesefashion knit slacks for less than $5?"THE WORLD IS INSANE AND ALIENS LIVE AMONG US.by Charlie VanoverA Psychiatrist’s JournalFiction by Vince TolveFebruary 29: New patient. Young woman. Twenty. About5 7, 110 pounds, short brownish hair, green eyes.Vivacious, charming, inordinately attractive. MirandaMalaria. Claims to have conversed with a moose.March 13: Ms. Malaria’s delusion persists. Claims tohave bathed in the moose'’srmilk and received a recipe fortriple chocolate chip cookies from it. Her skin isunusually fine, translucent with a delicate filigree ofbluish veins barely visible. 1 advised her that chocolatewould give her pimples.March 20: My wife begins tap dancing lessons today. Sheinsists on living a normal life despite the double amputa¬tion of her legs last November. My son is escorting ayoung man to his senior prom tonite. Ms. Malaria hastaken to wearing a small tapeplayer and headphones to thesessions. 1 ask what she listens to. She said it was theRev. Billy Graham reading from Dickens' Little Dorrit.The moose was ill and said little.April 1: 1 asked Ms. Malaria to trace the history of herdelusion for me. She did. It began at a party given by aproctologist to celebrate his one thousandth successfulhemorrhoid surgery . He talked of using a laser to zap thethings—like using a howitzer to shoot a mosquito.Miranda w'as the guest of a man she had met on the busthat morning. He was thin, tall, spoke with a Germanicaccent. He said he lived in West Virginia where hefarmed. He planted four hundred and twenty-six acres oftulips, but they all died off. He had been taking a mailorder course in neurosurgery and was in town to pick upthe diploma.She wore a white taffeta evening gown splotched withorange organza and slicked her hair with vaseline. Shefelt ill at ease because everyone stared at her. She wentinto the backyard and when the host tried to follow, sheran into the woods. The moon was full and very bright.Miranda leaned against a tree and jumped when she hearda voice say, "I’m crazy about that dress Where did youget it?" There was no one near her. In a clearing aboutten yards away, she saw a moose slowly wagging itshead.April 7: My wife must have one of her breasts removed.It seems as is she is leaving me one piece at a time. Myson threw a knife at me this morning. It stuck in the doorof a kitchen cabinet near my head. When I questioned hismotives, he said he was glad he had missed. I madescrambled eggs for him.Miranda had told me at our last visit that her parentsquarreled incessantly and made her feel either ignored orthe cause of their arguments. I asked her to draw a pictureof her family, including herself, sitting around the dinnertable. She produced a puzzling sketch showing only twofigures. I asked who these were and she said. "Thesmaller with the knife in her hand is my mother. Thebigger one lifting a chicken part over his head is myfather." When I asked her where she was in this sketch,she said, "I am in the salt shaker." Curious, verycurious.April 20: My wife refuses to let me touch her When Itold her 1 was grateful, she threw a cantaloupe at me. Igave my son a puppy for his birthday last Sunday. I foundit in the freezer this morning.I asked Miranda to have the moose describe itself toher. She came in today with notes of the conversation. "Iam a single, divorced female with long shaggy brownishhair, deep brown eyes, five feet one at the shoulder,attractive, Rubinesque (but slim determined) figure whofeels that love and sex are the most important things in mylife. I am tired of aloneness and need high moralprinciples in a mate." She did not want to talk of themoose today—a good sign. She described her job. Sheworks as a typist for a large shoe manufacturer. She andnine other young women type the names and addresses ofeveryone listed in all of the telephone directories of thefifty largest cities. This data is fed into a computer whichcan calculate the shoe size of an individual given his nameand address. In this way the company knows how manyshoes of each size it needs to make. Miranda and her co¬worker? all wear headphones plugged into tape players.Today she listened to a group of nuns singing passagesfrom the Bible.May 9: I had a nightmare in which I imagined my wifeand son riding away from me on the back of a moose. Inthe morning my wife still snored softly beside me and inyson was working on his motorcycle. Miranda did not keepher appointment. I couldn't reach her, though I tried allday. In the evening I went to the woods which she sooften described and called out her name. No reply. I sawonly the trees and heard only the stream trickling over therocks. When I turned to leave, I thought I heard a voice.A voice that said. "We’re going to be good friends." Isaw no one, no thing, except the black blot of a ravenagainst the deep yellow moon. .Moby DogFiction by Vince TolveJeremiah Tisdale eats the flesh of dogs. He told me sothe morning I met him. The receptionist tried to keep himout of the waiting room, but he followed her into myoffice, bringing the smell of motor oil and piss with him.He is a tall, now stooped, dirty dark brown-skinned manof an age bey ond knowing. He wore clothes gone to filthyrags - a red striped shirt torn under each arm. shiny bluetrousers with a prominent silvery zipper not quite zippedup, water-logged shoes with turned up toes, and abutcher's once white smock, streaked with the brownishblood of things long dead. His back is humped and hisarms long and loose in their sockets. He didn't remove hishat. a brimless derby covered with aluminum foil. Hetook my right hand into both of his and squeezedhard—his thick hard fingers felt like knobby branches ofparched trees.When he sat down. I saw he had no left eye. Thesocket was swollen, nearly closed but it leaked a phlem-like white goo down his cheek. He rested a large suitcaseon the floor. It was covered with posters allegingJacqueline Kennedy assassinated her husband, advertisinga mechanical whipping machine, and soliciting member¬ship in the United Brotherhood Club of America and theWorld. A steel rod. part of a television antenae, stuck out# of the top of the case. When I stared at the posters, hesmiled broadly to show yellow scattered stumps of toothhere and there."Mister." he said, "there’s two things to be done. Ineed a job bad, real bad. That's number one. I want youto get me a dog back. That's number two.""There’s some misunderstanding her." I said. "This isa law firm. We are fully staffed and expect no jobopenings for at least the next ten or twelve years.Furthermore, it is my partner who is expe . in dog law .not me, and, unfortunately, he’s vacationing in Leaven¬worth, Kansas and won’t be back for several years." Hethrew his head back so hard I thought it would come off.opened his almost vacant mouth and let out a sound likethat of a thousand orgasmic hens. After a long time, hequieted and said,"With what the welfare gives me, I’m eating dogmeat." I corrected him, "You mean dog food." He lostpatience, stooped over the suitcase and drew something long, thin and furry from it. One end was bloodied."I’m saving the tail for soup tonight." he said."When I was a boy, I met my father every weekmghtat our front gate. He was returning from his work in asteel mill, carrying a dented lunch pail and a shopping bagof soiled clothes. When it was warm, he sat down withme on the back steps and let me untie his shoelaces. "Bea lawyer my son." he said. "You'll sit at a desk and bepaid for signing your name." Where does one sign adog's tail? Mr. Tisdale squirmed in the chair and pulled amangled piece of paper from a pants pocket. It was once aten dollar bill. Hamilton’s face, now ten generations inthe ground, probably looked better than his likeness onthis note. It felt slick with grease, had comers missingand was patched together in several places w ith small bitsof black tape."Here, take this. I can pay." He wouldn't take the billwhen I said I didn't want it. "You're hired now. Thedog’s at the pound. I want him back 'cause he ate up myeye."A large dark German Shepherd sort of dog snuck intothe abandoned warehouse where Jeremiah slept andswallowed the tiny glass globe resting on a box next to thecrates he used as a bed."It’s blue, deep blue like the sky gets. My head's outof balance. 1 need it back quick." he said.He said he tried to corner the dog. but it was too fastfor him. All he could do was close the door so the dogcouldn't escape and go next door to call the pound. Thedog catchers came and took the dog away refusing to letJeremiah keep or even touch him. I called the pound. Thefellow on the phone laughed. "There's a lawyer here sayshe wants to bail out a dog." I told Jeremiah there wasnothing 1 could do. He said. "My daddy was a two-facedman. Now I'm just a bum on the street. Everyone justgoes ahead and pisses in my face." I tried to saysomething, but he pi„-,ed up his bag and left slowly,wagging his head and repeating. "That’s right. That's justright.”Several hours later the police called. A Mr. Tisdale washolding a ten year old boy’s head under his left arm and aballpeen hammer in his right hand He said he wouldtrickle the boy’s brains in the gutter unless he got somedog back. The policeman asked me to talk with Jeremiahwhile they tried to locate the right dog. I went. Jeremiahsaid,"I'm no good without that eye. It's the prettiest part ofme. I mean to have it."The police brought the dog When Jeremiah let go ofthe boy, the policeman released the dog. The animal ranat the boy seizing a leg in his jaws. The policemen tried topull the dog off but he wouldn't let go. One of them tookhis pistol and shot the dog twice. Jeremiah knelt next tothe dog and stroked his bloody back "You did good. " hesaid. He turned to me and said. "I need a loan.” 1 gavehim the tattered ten dollar bill. He took it into his fist,pried open the dog’s jaws, and began to shove his fist intothe dog’s mouth. Even though I had backed away fromhim, I could hear him say over and over, "What's fair isfair." 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Forinformation and appointments call or come to the depart¬ment Main Office: Goodspeed Hall 309; 962-8484.CHECK HEREEVERY TUESDAYFORWEEKLY CONCERT LISTINGS!^Pnusionusientreirsp3io3C&031o2CHICAGO LITERARY REVIEW—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986All God’s Children Need Travelin’ Shoesby Maya AngelouThere is now available a fifth volume of MayaAngelou’s autobiography begun in 1970 with I KnowWhy the Caged Bird Sings. Ms. Angelou’s talents as astoryteller and chronicler of her own life have maturedthrough each volume without losing any of the freshness,clarity, or honesty that have made them classics ofAmerican literature. All God’s Children Need Travelin’Shoes may be her best work yet.In her first two volumes Angelou concentrates onherself as a child and a young woman in relation to herfamily and the world around her. Her experiences as achild in a small town in Arkansas are often comic, but thisis not “Leave it to Beaver,” the family struggles againstracial prejudice and poverty. It is the pride in herself andher people instilled in her by her grandmother andmother, who she and her brother live with alternatelythroughout the first book, that carries Angelou througheach adversity, including a childhood rape, described withchilling clarity, to joy in being alive.In Gather Together in My Name, the second volume,Angelou recounts her experiences as a young woman onher own. Now with an infant son, Angelou struggles tosurvive in the uncaring streets of San Francisco. As herworld grows larger Angelou is able to recount herexperiences with more depth. She reflects, between tricksas a prostitute, on the differences between the familiardisdain of a small town and the indifference and crueltythat she finds in the city. Her descriptions of life in alleysas well as in churches make this series more thanautobiography, it becomes a portrait of America.Singin’ and Swingin' and Gettin’ Merry LikeChristmas, the third volume, is just what the nameimplies. Angelou wins the role of lead dancer in the firstEuropean tour of Porgy and Bess While this phase of her.life contains its share of troubles, including a divorce, thisbook is essentially a lovesong. As a member of the firstblack American musical tour through Europe, Angeloudiscovers what stage life is like. Her descriptions of thereceptions the cast receives leave the reader with a varietyof emotions over our country's treatment of its minorities.Each book in the series centers on a particular theme, suggested by the title The Heart of a Woman, numberfour, which finds Angelou in New York City. Throughher involvement with the Harlem Writer's Guild and theSouthern Christian Leadership Council, working as thenorthern coordinator for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,Angelou begins to shine at home as she did in Europe.The girl from Stamps, Arkansas is now at the pulse of thecivil rights movement. Angelou’s portraits of such char¬acters as Billie Holiday, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X,and Paule Marshall, revive an explosive era in ourhistory.The latest continuation, All God’s Children NeedTravelin’ Shoes, follows the same format of the otherfour, a mixture of her personal recollections and anhistorical documentation of the times. This book is set inAfrica, mostly in newly independent Ghana, consideredby its inhabitants and a small group of black Americans,to be a paradise. Her second marriage ending, Angeloustruggles to earn enough money to pay her son’s tuition atthe University of Ghana. She searches for a new identityas an American and an African, on a continent where sheis an alien and a descendant simultaneously. While all ofher writings reflect an awareness of her own ignoranceand enlightenment, perhaps this work is the most con¬scious of the transition, and the most moving as a result.“Despite my hurry, history had invaded my car. Pangsof self-pity and a sorrow for my unknown relativessuffused me. Tears made the highway waver, and weresalty on my tongue.”Through her experiences in an all black nation,Angelou gains new insight into her own people and thewar for civil rights at home. Through her narration, thereader sees the Black situation in America with new eyes,those of the outside world. In one scene a proud Angelouis put in her place by a native.“They were talking about Black Americans. I wassure that the recent riot in Harlem which had beenfront page news...had stimulated the discussion....They...assassinated my people as well as my newcountry. I looked at the stewart. but h,s face waspassive and his eyes focused on the door.I raised my voice and said, ‘obviously you peoplethink you know all the answers. Well, you should waituntil someone who really cares asks a question. You don’t know a damn thing about Black Americans, andI resent every stupid thing you’ve said’....‘Professor?’ A soft voice turned me around. Thestewart was there, smiling.... ‘Why do you let themdisturb your heart?'....‘They were insulting my people. I couldn’t just sitthere.’His smile never changed. ‘And your people, they aremy people?’‘Yes — but I mean Black Americans.’‘They have been insulted before?’‘Yes....’‘And they still live?’‘Yes, but...they also insulted Ghana, your country.’‘Oh, Sister, as for that one, it’s nothing...This is nottheir place. In time they will pass. Ghana was herewhen they came. When they go, Ghana will be here.They are like mice on an elephant’s back. They willpass.’In that second I was wounded. My mind struck atruth as an elbow can strike a table edge. A poor,uneducated servant in Africa was so secure he couldignore established white rudeness. No black AmericanI had ever known knew that security. Our tenure in theUnited States, though long and very hard-earned, wasshaky, we had developed patience as a defense, butnever as aggression.”Careful examination of the values handed down throughthe generations in the African setting leads Angelou tonew insights about herself as an individual, a black, awoman, and an American.The books in this series do run chronologically but it isnot necessary to read them sequentially. Angelou haswritten each so that no important detail is overlooked by anewcomer to her story. Each book holds its own charmand irony, pain and rejuvination. Angelou makes noexcuses for her mistakes and takes no credit where it isnot due. Each episode strengthens the respect the readerfeels for the author.Anyone interested in a personal perspective of Southernculture, feminism, Africa, music, dancing, the CivilRights Movement. American History, or just good writ¬ing, is encouraged to read Maya Angelou.by Jennifer Sheridan >crqCDoc3>oThou Shalt Not Be Awareby Alice MillerThe Assault on Truthby Jeffrey MassonIt could be called the True Crime and Cover-up Storyof the Century. Only the theory has been changed toprotect the guilty.Two books tell the story: Thou Shalt Not Be Aware,Alice Miller. Meridian, 1986. (Ml), and The Assault onTruth, Jeffrey Masson. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984.(M2). These are best read in tandem.On April 21, 1896 in Vienna, a promising medicalresearcher named Sigmund Freud presented a paper,“The Aetiology of Hysteria”, which revealed that in 18cases of hysteria, Freud uncovered the memory' of sexualabuse perpetrated on the patients in childhood, by parents,or other adult caretakers, or older siblings who hadthemselves been sexually abused by adults. From thesefindings Dr. Freud theorized that neuroses can be tracedto sexual abuse in childhood by adults, usually parents,usually fathers. This theory was indeed revolutionary in atime and place where adult and parental authority weresupremely respected; where FATHER stood on the righthand of GOD.Freud's paper bombed. In a letter to his friend FliessFreud said: it “met with an icy reception from theasses...And this after one has demonstrated to them asolution to a more than thousand-year-old problem...”(M2)No other discussion of this paper in the medicaljournals of the time is to be found. (M2) Millercomments:“In ‘The Aetiology of Hysteria’ Freud is strugglingwith...strong resistance on the part of the public.He knows that he has hit upon a truth that concernseveryone, i.e., the consequences of childhoodtrauma for later life..., and at the same time heknows that the overwhelming majority of peoplewill oppose him precisely because he is telling thetruth.” (Ml)On September 21, 1897, Freud wrote to his friendFliess, “I no longer believe in my (theory of theneuroses)...(among reasons for disbelief):... the surprisethat in all cases, the father, not excluding my own, had tobe accused of being perverse...! could indeed feel quitediscontent. The expectation of eternal fame was sobeautiful, as was that of certain wealth, complete in¬dependence, travels, and lifting the children above thesevere worries which robbed me of my youth.” (M2)Freud considered his theory of the origins of mentalillness a failure. He saw his dreams of fame and fortunedissipate. What made him change his mind? Massonpoints out Freud’s “emotional and intellectual isolation...‘I felt as though I were despised and universallyshunned.’(M2). None of his friends supported him in hisunpopular theory. (M2). The medical community (the“asses”) turned its back. (M2).Miller paints a picture of the times:What might it have meant in practical terms ifFreud had remained true to this insight? If wepicture his readers, the women of the bourgeoisieof that day, with their elegant long dresses that hidtheir ankles, and the men with their stiff whitecollars and faultlessly cut suits (for it can hardly besupposed that his books were read by the working class), it is not hard to imagine the outrage andindignation that would have greeted the factspresented above. The indignation would not havebeen directed against this form of child abuse per sebut against the man who dared to speak about it.For most of these refined people were firmlyconvinced from an early age that only fine, noble,valiant, and edifying deeds (subjects) ought to betalked about publicly and that what they as adultsdid behind closed doors in their elegant bedroomsvery definitely had no place in print. Satisfyingsexual desires with children was nothing bad intheir eyes as long as silence w as .preserved, for theywere convinced that no harm would be done to thechildren unless the matter was discussed with them.Therefore, the acts they performed were shroudedin silence, as if children were dolls, for they firmlybelieved a doll would never know or tell what hadbeen done to it. In order to ensure discretion,children were not sexually enlightened: their eroticactivities—such as touching their genitals or mas¬turbating—and any show of interest in sexualmatters were forbidden. At the same time, theywere raised in the spirit of the Fourth Command¬ment, and their entire life was dominated by theprinciple of respect for their parents. Children thushad to come to terms, without anyone to help them,with the irreconcilable contradiction that it wasfilthy and depraved to touch their own genitals butthat it was also wrong of them not to allow an adultto play with their body...Even to ask questionsabout this was dangerous...(M 1)Freud was still looking for a theory to account formental illness. One might imagine him sitting in his study,chewing on his cigar, looking for a new theory , a moreacceptable theory , doubting his own findings, not wantingto believe his patients, not wanting to blame parents, (notexcluding his own), and hitting on the answer. Of course!If his patients’ memories were not true, then they were fantasies! Thus was born the Drive Theory , the Theoryof Infant Sexuality . Infant memories of being desired andsexually assaulted by their parents, were in realityprojections onto innocent parents of the lustful desires ofthe infants themselves! The innocent child becomes theguilty one. and the criminal parent becomes the innocent!Out of this new theory comes the world-famous OedipusComplex. We are all victims of a developmental quirk,and must blunder our way out of it, or be doomed tomental illness. Here is a theory that is good for all timesand places. It is not dependent on the traumatic experi¬ence of individual sufferers. Everybody is bom with thisunfortunate predisposition to lust after the parent of theopposite sex and wish to destroy the parent of the samesex. The Oedipus Complex sounds something like theOriginal Sin. We are all born with itThis new theory had the objection that little children,formerly thought to be so stupid, didn’t know when theywere being molested, were not to be seen as sexualbeings, with lusts, like adults, which offend the moralsensibilities of Proper Victorians. But it left the parents,those same Proper Victorians, off the hook. The im¬portant thing is that the parents be spared. If parents wereto fall under suspicion, the whole social fabric mightcrumble!Miller comments:In order for Freud to take his patients' accountsseriously in the face of resistance from the public,he would have had to be free from the strictures ofthe patriarchal family, from the demands of theFourth Commandment, and from the guilt feelingscaused by his introjected parents. Since that kind offreedom was totally impossible at the time, perhapsFreud had no choice but to interpret what hispatients told him as fantasies and to construct atheory that would spare adults from reproach andwould allow him to trace his patient's symptomsback to the repression of their own infantile sexualwishes. (Ml).For millennia it has been permissible and custom¬ary for children to be used to satisfy a wide varietyof adult needs. They have provided a cheap sourceof labor, an ideal outlet for the discharge of stored-up affect, a receptacle for unwanted feelings, anobject for the projection of conflicts and fears,compensation for feelings of inferiority , and anopportunity for exercising power and obtainingpleasure...(Ml)It has always been taken for granted that childrenare responsible for what was done to them, and ithad been essential that when children grow up, theynot be aware of the true nature of their past. Inreturn, they are given the right to treat their ownchildren in the same fashion. (Ml)And so the crime: violation of the child’s person andself and soul; the criminal: the parents; revealed in 1896by Dr Sigmund Freud, repudiated by him in 1897, 1903,1905. and for the rest of his life; the cover-up: the theoryof infant sexuality and the Oedipus Complex, making thechild the criminal, the guilty victim. 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ChestnutCreek swells out of its banks and carries the footbridge to the bottom of themountain and Widder Hawks dies sitting in her rocking chair up in Blue JayHoller. Planting is late. It s going to be a lean summer and a lean winter tofollow and everybody knows it.So when Jude walks in with the shoebox, they all gather round. What theysee when they peer into the box—Jessie has to stand tippy-toe—is not the runt ofa litter pushed off the teat by stronger siblings and likely to die, but ham,bacon, sausage, ribs and sidemeat.Jude allows as how the shoat wasn’t hardly worth carrying home, but Mashrugs and says, “We’ll giver ’er a try.” She trades potatoes for milk from acow-owning neighbor. “Caint feed hogs on cow’s milk,” Pa declares. Ma says,“Shoot, hogs’ud eat the devil hisself if he laid down in the trough.” Ma andJessie and Ruby Marie take turns feeding the shoat from a bottle, and toeveryone’s amazement, it lives. The weather warms, the pig outgrows the boxand Jude builds a pen.“Don’t yall go ter namin it and making a pet outen it,” he warns, but ofcourse they ignore him. The pig thrives and learns to recognize its feeding time.It waits at the fence when the slop bucket is due and it greets Jessie with pleasedlittle squeals. Jessie recognizes a flame of intelligence in its tiny, ugly eyes. Allthrough the summer and fall it grows bigger and bigger, and sometimes Jessiehangs on the fence and talks to it.Then comes the November morning when the leaves are coming dow n off thetrees and Jessie’s breath makes a fog in the crisp air. Pa hauls the wash pot intothe side yard and settles it into a pit full of stove lengths. A fire is lit and theyall tote water until the pot is half full. When the water is simmering, while thesun eats the last shreds of haze from Laurel Mountain, while Ruby Marieshooes annoyed hens from their nests and places eggs in the pouch of her apron,while Ma makes a trestle of planks and sawhorses in the barn and Jessie cutsout biscuit dough with a water glass, Pa hones a knife and Jude lures the pig tothe fence w ith an ear of dried corn and seductive words.The shriek pierces the morning air like a human cry. A plate clatters fromJessie's hands and bursts to fragments against the floor. She bites her lip as shereaches for the broom and begins to sweep. Later, after the breakfast she cannoteat, Jessie goes out to the barn to look at the pig where it hangs from agambling stick threaded through the tendons of its hind legs, its blood collectingin a tub. The pig's eyes are dull and vacant. They give no clue to what it feelslike to die from a knife plunged into the throat, or whether there was time forthe surprise of betrayal, or anger at familiar hands gone hard with the task ofkilling.It is dogwood blossom time again when they bury Jude. Pa says he won'tbring Jude home slung over a mule like he was a sack of corn, so the sheriffdelivers him in the back of his pickup truck. It’s the only motor vehicle that canget up the holler. When the sheriff arrives, they're all standing on the frontporch and a red bird is whistling in the sweetgum tree. Jude started out wrappedin an old green army blanket, but on the trip up the mountain he slid this wavand that and now his arms and legs are splayed. Ma takes one look at him andfalls down on the ground like a big hand came out of the sky and smacked herflat. Pa and the sheriff carry Jude inside and put him in the back bedroom.Granny Burkitt and Rhoda Stiles come from Blue Moss Holler to help Mawash Jude and lay him out. Jessie screams and kicks the bedroom door but theywon’t let her in. Jessie knows that if she can just talk to Jude, if she can shakehim and holler at him before they get him into that box, he’ll wake up. Pa yellsat her, “You stop that ruckus or I'll get my strap!” His eyes are blank and he’sshaking. Ruby Marie appears out of the kitchen and seizes Jessie by theshoulders. “Don’t you lay a hand on her!” she tells Pa, and she drags Jessieonto the porch. Jessie flails her arms and legs and her fist lands in somethingsoft which she supposes is Ruby Marie’s breast. Ruby Marie gasps and goldsher arms around Jessie and sits down and they both cry and cry, and Jessie goesas limp as an old sock, and she cries until the insides of her eyelids feel likethey've been scoured with hot sand.At sundown they gather once again on the front porch. All afternoon longJessie sat on the big rock down by the creek and listened to the sound of sawand hammer as Uncle Dimmy Chester put together a coffin in the barn. Jessieheard him talking to himself as she passed by on her way to the creek. The oldman hadn’t seen her. but she had seen him, and his eyes were watery and he dsaid to himself, “I’m by god gittin too old fer this. I done made a sight toomany o’ these fer childern and youngsters an I jes caint hardly stand it nomore.” Jessie had also seen Granny Burkitt washing out Jude’s shirt. Thewashwater was brown-red and when she flung it into the side yard, the dogs setto howling.Now the house is full of the raw smell of new lumber, and Pa is saying in aquiet voice that it's a good thing the law got to Jimmy Wayne Hackett before he did, and if the state don’t hang Jimmy Wayne then he’ll surely do it himself if ittakes the last breath in his body. Uncle Dimmy Chester and Rhoda Stiles andGranny Burkitt murmur assent. “Sher’ff sez it’s open an shut,” says Granny.“Jude wamt armed and they’s a passel o’ eye-witnesses.”Jessie listens to this as she sits on the steps. She sits without moving. Shewatches the sun slide down the sky and drown in a lake of clouds behindCherokee Ridge. Stars wink on against the deepening blue. Every star is a lamplit by an angel, Jude told her when she was very small. Fireflies rise flickeringout of the long grass and the first whippoorwill of the night sounds its four-notecall. It comes from down the holler, and closer by another whippoorwillanswers.She was permitted to see Jude after they got him into the box. He waswearing a new shirt and his hair was slicked down and combed. Jessiewondered what Jude did that was so awful. His skin had no color and it lookedcold. Jessie did not touch him. She knew that underneath the new shirt wereholes where Jude’s blood had leaked out like water from a plugged barrel. Sheremembered a Bible story: When Jesus came back from the dead. DoubtingThomas hadn’t believed it, so Jesus asked Thomas did he want to stick hisfingers in the nail holes; would that convince him? Jessie put her hands behindher back and locked her fingers together.Neighbors and kinfolk begin to arrive. They come in groups, and Jessie cansee their lamplight far down the holler even before their voices become audible.The cam jars of homemade jam. pieces of sidemeat wrapped in newspaper,potatoes in tow sacks, dried applies, fresh pies, cornbread, canned tomatoes,chocolate cakes and ham. The menfolk remove their hats, the women in theirshawls embrace Ma and Ruby Marie. They put Jessie in mind of insects withgreat smothering wings and she won’t let anybody hug her.Slowly the house fills up. The food is spread out on the kitchen table, pots ofcoffee are made. 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Where can she findthe s she needs without100spending all herThe fr** is simple! over,join the Co*op, and save m onpurchases at two fine stores. /\5757 S. UNIVERSITY • 752*4381MON, THU 8:30-10 */ TUE,WED,FRI 8:30*6SAT 10-5 SUN J 12*51301E. 57TH STREET • 684*1300MON-THU 10*10 FRI, SAT 10*11 /*SUN 10*82—K SEr~Eht3Ez 21 19*ir— 3HE' JDJRnA.Raices del Ande: Andean Folk MusicCome hear music from Peru, Bolivia,Ecuador, Northern Chile and Argentina.Come hear the quena, zampona, toyo,zanca, wankara, tambora, charango andronroco. At the Public Library, 78 EWashington, Wed at 5 30 pm Dial F-l-N-E-A-R-TValucha de Castro & the Samba 5: LatinJazz Castro was one of Chicago's earlyavante garde musicians in the 50s and60s At the Public Library. 78 E Wash¬ington, Thu at 5:30 pm. Dial F-l-N-E-A-R-TThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra takeon Beethoven, Vivaldi, Hanson andmany, many more. (I confess to knowingnothing about real music and am justdoing this until the person who does‘music calendar decides to come back.)At the Orchestra Hall, 220 S Michigan,starting Thu 435-8122The Bluesbusters will invade Chicago thisweekend. Consisting of former membersof Little Feat and the Dregs, JacksonBrowne’s drummer, the bassist fromBonnie Raitt’s band and the front manfrom Chicken Legs, you can rest as¬sured that this will be what Walter Lordwould call “a night to remember.'’ AtBiddy Milligan’s, 7644 N Sheridan, to¬morrow night. 761-6532The Sistine Chapel Choir With peopleleaving and joining this awesome poly¬phonic band, they have had troublekeeping the original singers since the50-member group first started in 1480,and they have been through manychanges, sort of like Menudo But youcan bet they will still pack a wallop inthe Chicago debut of their world tour. Atthe Auditorium Theater, 50 E CongressParkway, tonight, with tickets starting at$5. 922-4049Johann Sebastian Bach still does histhing, thanks to the Chicago ChamberOrchestra. At the Chicago Public Li¬brary, 78 E Washington Sun at 3 pm,for free for you. 922-5570Other Places by Harold Pinter A programof two of the author's latest one-actplays, includes One for the Road — afierce indictment of the modern policestate — and A Kind of Alaska — the life-affirming story of a woman, stricken withsleeping sickness as a teenager, whoawakens 30 years later. Runs until Oc¬tober 26, Tue through Fri at 8 pm, Sat at6 & 9:30 pm, and Sun at 3 pm. AtVictory Gardens Theater, 2257 N LincolnAvenue Single tickets range from $10-17. For ticket reservations call 871-3000Oresteia by Aeschylus: A poetic spectacleof Greek heroes, murder and revenge,comes to U of C's Court Theatre. Theplay has been adapted from a newtranslation by U of C faculty DavidGreen and Wendy O’Flaherty. Previewsbegin this Sat, and the play runs Wedthrough Sun until November 2. Ticketsrange from $8-15, depending on the dayand time of performance. Student ratesavailable Call the box office at 753-4472Bang by Laura Cunningham. This is a darkcomedy, inspired by research the authorconducted for a New York Times articleon survivalists. The play is set in a stateof the art, underground condominium in Utah. When a visiting couple from NewYork find themselves trapped by theirhost, their vacation turns into a night¬mare of marital mayhem. At SteppenwolfTheatre Company now through Novem¬ber 2. Tickets run from $11-20, with a $2discount available to students. 472-4141Galileo by Bertolt Brecht. Galileo Galilei’sconflict between reason and emotion,science and politics. At the GoodmanTheatre, with lower-priced previews be¬ginning tonight, and the play runningofficially from October 6 until November11. Single tickets run $15-25, with half-price tickets available to students 15minutes before curtain, subject to avail¬ability. 443-3800The Last Meeting of the Knights of theWhite Magnolia by Preston Jones. Thisis billed as a bittersweet comedy about agroup of good ol’ beys meeting in theirprivate club in the isolated, dried-outtown of Bradleyville. Texas Play opensnext Thu, running through November 23.Tickets are $8 for the Fri and Sat showsat 8 pm, and $6 for the Sun shows at 4pm. $1 discount for students and sen¬iors. 338-2177Dance Classes at Columbia College fea¬ture instruction in Modern, Ballet, Tap.Modern Jazz, and Ethnic danceClasses run September 29 to January* 24 on a variety of weekly schedulesFees vary, depending on the class. Abeginning Modern dance class meetingevery Saturday for two hours will cost$90. Registration officially ends tomor¬row. Classes at 4730 N Sheridan Road.271-7804Eiko and Koma two Japanese-Americanartists, infuse their dance with imageryfrom the natural world, such as that of afragile moth or an aging seal, to create aperformance of extraordinary presenceand an honesty that is disconcerting andhypno'tic in a theater,” Village Voice.Performances Thu through Sun (10/2-10/5), 7:30 pm on Thu/Sun, 8:30 pm onFri/Sat. At MoMmg Dance & Arts Cen¬ter, 1034 W Sheridan Tickets are $12.$10 for students/seniorsOskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Dancesreconstructed by Andreas Weiningerand coproduced by the Goethe InstituteChicago will be performed Fri and Satnights at the Dance Center of ColumbiaCollege, 4730 N Sheridan Road Forticket and time info, call 271-7928Chicago City Ballet will present a programof pieces choreographed by GeorgeBalanchine, set to music by GeorgeGershwin, Mikhail Glinka and Paul Hin¬demith. Performances at AuditoriumTheatre, 50 E Congress Parkway, FriOct 3 at 8 pm. Tickets run from $5-22 50. available at the box office. Tick-etron outlets, or by calling 922-2110 *Private Practices: The Story of a SexSurrogate (dir Dick Kirby) This doc¬umentary about a radical new form ofsex therapy should be a real humdingerFocusing on premier sex surrogateMaureen Sullivan (not MaureenO'Sullivan who was in Meet Me In StLouis), you can follow doctor and patienton the road to intimacy. Facets Multi¬Grey City Journal 26 September 861212 Fast 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637Staff Stephanie Bacon, Steve Best, Brett Bobley, Michele Mane Bonnarens,Jeff Brill, Carole Byrd, John Conlon, Gideon D’Arcangelo, Andrew Halpern,Justine Kalas, Stefan Kertesz. Bruce King, Mike Kotze, Nadine McGann, DavidMcNulty, Miles Mendenhall, David Miller, Patrick Moxey, Jordan Orlando,Laura Rebeck, Max Renn, Paul Reubens, Laura Saltz. Rachel Saltz. SahotraSarkar, Bob Travis, Ann Whitney, Ken Wissoker, Rick Wojcik,Production Steven K. Amsterdam, Stephanie Bacon. Anjali K Fedson. BruceKing, Steven M Leslie, Laura Saltz.Editors Steven K Amsterdam, Anjali K Fedson media. 1517 W Fullerton, at 7 and 9 onweekdays, 4, 6, 8 and 10 on Sat and 4. 6and 8 on Sun. 281-4114The Adventures of Robin Hood I'm read¬ing this from a hand-drawn Law SchoolFilms schedule so I can’t tell you theyear or the director of this reassuringclassic in which wealth is divided upevenly among all the social strata At theLaw School Auditorium, Tue at 8 pm,free for all.Irma La Douce — I saw that, it was prettygood At Law School, Wed at 8 pm, $2for you.Rebecca I feel safe saying that it wasdirected by Alfred Hitchcock and myDad always said I should see it, so itmust be a pretty goed movie. At LawSchool, Thu at 8 pm, $2 for now.The Man with the Movie Camera (USSR.1928) Your move. At the InternationalHouse, 1414 E 59, Thu at 8 pm for $2Sixth Annual Chicago Lesbian and GayFilm Festival Featuring dramas, come¬dies. and documentaries from aroundthe planet This series will continue untilThu at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 NSouthport. Call 329-0854 for more infoSweet Honey in the Rock This is anevent Sweet Honey are an a capellaquintet of Black women singers, singingfrom blues to gospel to African, who areon a mission to move their listenersThey sing about struggles for freedomand against racism, rape, poverty andnuclear energy Billboard calls it “ariveting, thrilling experience, an ex¬ercise in living, breathing inspiration."And The Washington Post says thesinging is "superb ” They cover allbases and they will make you happy Atthe People's Church of Chicago, 941 WLawrence, Sun at 8 pm Tickets start at$9.50, and they’re well worth it. 559-1212Fall Festival Enjoy country and Western,square dancing and something thepress release calls "special animal ac¬ tivities." All at the Brookfield Zoo. thisweekend. 485-0263Commandante Dora Maria Tellez. Nic¬aragua's Minister of Health and thehighest ranking woman in the Nic¬araguan Government will speak on thecurrent situation in that country withemphasis on health care and the role ofwomen All should attend. The thirdfloor, Chicago Circle Center. 720 SHalsted, Mon at 7:30 pm, for free. 249-9155 ext 3. 935-0521 (at night)Child's Play Writing Workshop This is anaudience-involved class for the writer inyou. Your last chance to get out ofHyde Park before it starts snowingAges 3 and up invited, at the Children'sBookstore. 2465 N Lincoln, tomorrowmorning at 10:30 248-2665The UC Hotline is an important campussupport service It is operated from 7 pmto 7 am every night of the quarter, at753-1777. It is run by volunteers who aretrained for at least 40 hours beforestaffing the phones, and is set up mostlyfor students but also serves the HydePark community. We operate with apolicy of strict confidentiality and an¬onymity The staff will talk to anybodyabout problems of any severity We offerimpartial support, helping the callerswork through their difficulties Somecallers need a sympathetic ear. othersmay also desire long term help and aregiven referrals to other facilities TheHotline is also a popular informationservice. If you have any questions aboutcampus activities, movie schedules, busroutes, late night restaurants or anythingelse you can come up with, the Hotlinestaff is eager to help you —Jane WulfThe Jews of Kaifeng An exhibit featuringartifacts from Jewish settlements inChina since the 11th century ThroughNov 14 at the Spertus Museum, 618 SMichigan 922-9012Dale Chihuly: A Decade of Glass An exhibition of innovative sculpture tracingthe career of one of the foremost glassartists in the US. At the Public Library,78 E Washington, through Nov 1 Dial F-l-N-E-A-R-TVictor Burgin — Office at Night This is asingle work composed of seven panelsof photographs and text. In his artBurgin has been increasingly concernedwith the heterogenous nature of thehuman's daily encounters with imagesm a single work he juxtaposes imagesfrom the cinema screen, from a paintingin a museum, and from his own photosshot in the studio and on the street Atthe Bergman Gallery of the RenaissanceSociety. 4th floor Cobb Hall 962-8670The Unknown Mies van der Rohe and hisDisciples of Modernism This exhibitfeatures approximately 250 originaldrawings, models, and furnishings in¬cluding materials illustrating less well-known projects of Mies van der Rohe'scareer Exhibit runs until Sunday, Oc¬tober 5 at the Art Institute. MichiganAvenue at Adams Street 443-3664The Golden Age of Japanese Prints: TheKansei Era (1789-1801) Guess what it'sabout At the Art Institute, MichiganAvenue at Adams Street 443-3664On the Road: Photographs from thePermanent Collection features imagesrelating to life on the road such as theplaces, people and sights one might seewhile on a cross-country car trip At theaforementioned Art Institute untilNovember 16 443-3664Censorship and Black America looks atcensorship of Blacks while in slaveryand after The exhibit addresses cen¬sorship in literature, art. politics, educa¬tion and films, including examples ofonce-banned works by authors such asRichard Wright and Langston HughesDuSable Museum of African-AmericanHistory, near 57th & Cottage Grove947-0600Picture Cuba: Four Contemporary Pho¬tographers An exhibition offering afresh and positive view of life in Cubathrough the eyes of distinguished pho¬tographers Nereyda Garcia Ferraz,Maria Eugenia Haya (Marucha), MarioGarcia Joya (Mayito) and Marc Pokem-pner The Cultural Center of the Chic¬ago Office of Fine Arts, 78 E Wash¬ington Street, until November 15 Formore info dial F-l-N-E-A-R-TGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1986—3BOB 0. TAKES A WALK ON THE WILD SIDEby Bob DevendorfIn our modern, high-tech age there are thosewho think walking is obsolete, or at best passe.Why walk when a bus, car, train or taxi can getyou where you’re going in far less time?Unfortunately, the tendency to think of travel asdestination hopping leaves little time or pa¬tience for the in-between. The spaces traversedbecome so much time-consuming, annoyingfiller. Vet often the filler proves far moreinteresting than the original destination, if onlygiven a chance. Walking offers the opportunityfor spontaneity. At a slow pace there is time topeer in windows, strike up a conversation,explore hidden lobbies and galleries: optionsmultiply as speed decreases. By giving yourselfover to an afternoon of random wandering youexpose yourself to experiences that consciousplanning would have missed, simply becauseyou would not have been aware of all yourpossibilities. To walk is to take pleasure in themoment at hand, to give weight to the presentrather than the future. And when one appre¬ciates the present, one enjoys life as it is, notas it might be.Chicago’s vast area makes it unmanagableas a single social entity. Divided into neigh¬borhoods, some rigidly defined, the city is anenormous Mad Tea Party of villages crushedtogether in a corner of the rolling prairie. Thecity’s politics are about as reasonable as theevents in Alice's Wonderland, so there is littlesurprising in the fact that the neighborhoodsremain separate and unique. If the city councilcan’t agree, why should the districts theyrepresent? Yet it is this very diversity thatmakes Chicago particularly well-suited to walk¬ing; the neighborhoods are small enough thatthey can be reasonably well-explored within afew hours, and a stroll from one neighborhoodto another often gives a sense of contrast thatleads to a greater appreciation of both.A few words of caution: before you exploreany neighborhood find out something about it.There are parts of the city which are consideredunsafe Unfortunately Chicago has a seriousproblem with racism, and in certain areas yourcolor is adequate reason for hostility. Racialtensions in Chicago primarily have to do withwhere people live. There are many placeswhere you could not live, but where you couldvisit. Check around first. It is both infuriatingand pathetic that race should be so strong afactor, but unfortunately, for the present, it is afact of Chicago life. From the South Loop(beginning at 12th Street) all the way northalong the lakefront there is greater integrationand tolerance, and enough social activity tokeep you busy for a long time. One finalpedantic, but I think necessary note don’t letrace-fear get the better of you. The Universitydoes little or nothing to promote understandingof the race situation, either in Hyde Park orelsewhere in the city. In fact, they promoteracial paranoia and support an atmosphere ofdistrust, tension and suspicion. Don’t be naive:crime is certainly an important element of lifehere, as it is in any big city. Simply payattention to what happens around you and youwill soon learn to recognize a threateningpresence If it is recognized as such, usually aconflict can be avoided Criminals are theexception, not the ruleHyde Park is a good place to try out yourcity-legs. It is one of Chicago's more attractiveneighborhoods, built in a variety of architectualstyles and dotted with trees and parks. Fifty-seventh Street is laden with bookstores, allamenable to extended browsing, which usuallyproduces valuable finds Fifty-third Street hasnearly all the shopping, although it is extremelylimited in its scope of merchandise. For truescenery, stroll Harper Avenue between 57thand 59th Streets, a quiet corner of Victorianresidential charm. Also very fine is the Ken¬wood neighborhood, between 51st and 48thStreets in the vicinity of Woodlawn Avenue withits opulent mansions, relics of Chicago's moreelegant turn of the century era.I insist, above all, that you not miss JacksonPark. Built on the grounds of the 1893 World’sColumbian Exposition, it has been groomed fornearly 100 years as a rural retreat from thesurrounding concrete madness It is a veryquiet place, used primarily in the summer forfamily reunions, and is so large that a peacefulcorner can always be found. Although it ex¬tends far south of the "boundary,” it is raciallyneutral territory. Most people are there simply,to enjoy the view or do a little fishing. The parklies behind the Museum of Science and In¬dustry, and is bounded by Stony Island Avenueto the west, Lake Michigan to the east, and67th Street to the south. If you happen to havea couple of hours free some afternoon, Irecommend the following route. Go behind themuseum and around the pond until you reachthe bridge to the Wooded Island The island isalso known as the Paul Douglas Nature Pre¬serve, and is a stopping point for a remarkablylarge number of species of birds The JapaneseGarden, created on the island in 1981, hassuffered a bit from vandalism and the risinglake, but is nonetheless a very beautiful placeto stop and just be. Continue south and crossoff the island into the heart of the park. Straightahead is the Golden Lady, a rather imposingcopy of The Republic, which stood in the main harbor of the World’s Fair. From the statuefollow the road to 63rd Street beach, thenreturn via the lakeshore. If you are lucky youmay see an African dance and drum troupedown by the 63rd Street Beach pavillion. Analternate route is along the east side of thelagoon, which is mostly open field and is also anature preserve. In this case, do not headtowards the statue. Instead walk along thelagoon through the willows until you reach thedriving range, then go through the wood andwire gate that protects the area from mis-chevious dogs.For your first trip in the park I recommend agroup sojourn. You may encounter a few extra¬friendly gentlemen on the Wooded Island; it is,on occasion, a Black gay cruising ground, butdo not be alarmed. They’re more interested inminding their own business than in mindingyours. Hopefully after a few forays into the parkyou will find it a relaxing respite from theeveryday grind.Chicago’s greatest asset is its parkland. Theentire lakefront, a stretch of 30 miles, is by lawdedicated to the people of the city for publicrecreation. If you like parks, as I obviously do. Ithas a free zoo. recently renovated, a lagoon, aconservatory, and plenty of tree-lined walks forjust wandering. The park lies between NorthAvenue (1600N) and Diversey Parkway (2800N)and is a relaxing place to spend the afternoon,particularly for those who delight in people¬watching. Grant Park, at the foot of the Loop,tends to be somewhat dull with its endlessplaying fields. In the summer the north endcomes to life with Buckingham Fountain, freeorchestra concerts at the bandshell, and boartrips out into the lake. There is a wildflowergarden somewhere near the Standard OilBuilding (the vertically-striped marble behe¬moth), but it more resembles an overgrownvacant lot than the untended fields of the Illinoiscountryside.The Loop, as the downtown area is known, isby far Chicago's showpiece. Most of the taxmoney from other neighborhoods has beenchanneled towards this gleaming modernistmonument to the spirit of capital interest, andhas been both freely and glamourously spent. Chicagoans have an extensive architecture vo¬cabulary, for this is the birthplace of the sky¬scraper and architects the world over havecome here to create their masterpieces. Lou sSullivan, Mies van der Roe and Helmut Jaare just a few of the architecture stars to playthis town. The best way to see the Loop is towander indiscriminately, especially into hoteand office tower lobbies. Do not be afraid: theseare public spaces and are meant for you, Johnand Jane Q. Public, to explore. Areas youmight not find, but are well worth the effort arePrinters’ Row at LaSalle and Congress and theblocks directly north, where there is a highconcentration of landmark buildings, includingthe Monadnock building, the last skyscraperbuilt without a steel skeleton frame. Also, onHarrison just east of the river is an eerie butfascinating sculpture park, that I hear has somerather fine neon once the sun goes down. If youget hungry head over to Greek town on Adamsjust west of the river for some authentic Mediterranean fare.In thp Npar-North is Water Tower Place andonly because they are so well known. Thesebuildings are tourist hangouts, and becometiresome very quickly, especially on the week¬ends when you literally have to battle thecrowds. They will no* give you much Chicagoflavor, rather, you will be left tasting the dust ofthe innumerable travelers these edifices areintended to amuse. Heading north of ChicagoAvenue in the environs of State Street is alovely residential neighborhood the Chicagoelite once called home. If one is in the mood forquiet elegance, this is the place to go.Rush Street, Chicago’s fake hot-spot, liesjust east of Clark along and to the south ofDivision Street. Full of yuppie bars and status-quo clubs this glitter strip is a suburban inter¬pretation of the experience, completely pre¬dictable right down to 4” heels on the womendancing in the window of the Snuggery. A visitany Friday or Saturday night will suffice toprove the obvious, that these people are notnatives out for a night on the town, but ratherthe foreign element frolicking in a playgroundconstructed entirely in its own image. For a real-■*i W&.Steven K. Amsterdam Chicago experience, visit a small neighborhoodbar It may not be as loud or as shiny, but thepeople will probably be a lot more interestingA good place to see neighborhoods changeis along Lincoln Avenue. Follow it north as faras your feet can carry you for the full effectLong before the days of Reagan most neigh¬borhoods had their own lively shopping dis¬tricts, and many of these fell on or aroundLincoln Although not nearly as vibrant as theyonce were, these business districts are a goodplace to find things not stocked by mainstreamstores like Carson’s or Marshall Fields.For a more modern consumer experiencecheck out the strips on Clark and especially onBroadway north of Fullerton (2400). This takesyou from Lincoln Park to New Town, two of themore prosperous neighborhoods in the cityThere you can find specialty stores that carryanything from sunglasses and rubber lizards toimported mod and new wave clothing, if y0ulike shopping in second-hand stores, avoidthose that are more centrally located. Instead,use the phone book to find Salvation Army,Unique, and Value Village thrift shops in out¬lying areas. Uptown (4800N) is full of them; forused goods, it’s well worth the trip. The neigh¬borhood is an odd mix of Orientals, Blacks andWhite Appalachians; its stores carry a corre¬sponding diversity of goods.A lively little late-night walk, especially for allyou club-bunnies, is along Clark from aboutFullerton to Addison (3600N), sidetracking westdown Belmont to Sheffield. The places to hitare Exit, Neo, Cabaret Metro/Smart Bar onClark, Berlin on Belmont, and Medusa's onSheffield, just north of Belmont. (Medusa'sdoesn’t serve alcohol, so you need only be 18to get in). As a final new-wave haven, try theClub 950 at 950 W Wrightwood.For those with truly alternative lifestyles, thegay great white way is north Halsted Street,from Belmont north past Addison. Pretty muchany bar along this route will satisfy your yearn¬ings to be among your own kind. For a restfrom all the glitter, either day or night, grab atable at the Caffe Pergolesi; their motto is, "Ifyou're in a hurry, you’re in the wrong place.”You can sit for hours with a book, magazine orblank stare and they really don't mind. This isnot a specifically gay place, even though it sitsdirectly in the middle of the gay ghetto. Iheartily recommend it to everyone who has ataste for leisureIf all of this has left you tired, the ultimateresting spjt is Graceland Cemetery. Don’t beput-off by the apparent morbidity of the sug¬gestion. In an age of overcrowded local ceme¬teries. Graceland was designed as a miniatureElysian Field for Chicago's society set. Pull¬mans, Swifts, Armours, Fields, and robberbarons galore used their unlimited resources tobuild veritable temples to their memories Thefiner mausoleums and monuments, many de¬signed by leading architects of the day, clusteraround an artificial lake, which lies kitty-cornerfrom the entrance at Clark Street and IrvingPark Road (4000N). Guided tours are given onweekends, but save your money. They don't tellyou much beyond what the eye can see. and ifyou really have an interest, you can wander intoa tour group for a tomb or two before theyrealize you're an outsiderEnjoy your walk wherever it may take youRemember, if you are uncomfortable in aparticular place, get out A cool head and arelaxed disposition will open doors you prob¬ably never even knew existed People tend tobe friendly whatever the question, so don t beafraid to ask for help.The Jackson Park/Howard El provides ac¬cess to most of the places I've mentioned TheGarfield/55th Street bus takes you to the tramfrom Hyde Park, but I don’t recommend using itat night. You can also take the #6 JeffreyExpress bus directly to the Loop (pick it up onHyde Park Boulevard) and then catch theHoward El north in the subway on State StreetFor New Town take the El to either Fullerton orBelmont For Graceland get off at Irving ParkRoad. From the Loop, both the Clark (#22) andBroadway (#36) buses provide access to thelivlier neighborhoods along the lake, includingLincoln Park and New Town. To get to RushStreet, take either the Broadway bus or the Elto Ciark and Division The safest alternativefrom the Loop to Hyde Park (and vice-versa) 'Sthe Illinois Central Railroad, running from sta¬tions at Michigan & Randolph. Van Buren &Michigan and Roosevelt & Michigan. This willcost you extra, $1 65, but for safety at night, aswell as speed, it's worth it. For you late-nighters, keep in mind the IC runs only until12:50 am If you don't have cab fare handy forthe trip home, it is better to take the #4 CottageGrove bus, which can be picked up on Mich¬igan Another alternative, should you not careto wait an hour for the IC, or after 10:30 pmwhen the Jeffrey Express bus stops running, isthe Indiana/Hyde Park bus (#1), which you cancatch on Michigan Avenue, ending up on HydePark Boulevard Be careful, but rememberthere’s more to life then a handful of city blockscan offer Hyde Park is only one small part ofChicagoland there's a whole midwestern Epcotwaiting to thrill and delight the curious traveller,so take a gleaming El ride through yuppieland.skyscraper land, even poverty land, and seewhat you can see4—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALInternational HousesWELCOMES YOUTO CHICAGOAs a residence for foreign and American graduate students we offer a wide variety ofprograms and services designed to encourage social and intellectual interchange betweenpeople of diverse cultural and academic backgrounds within the University Community.Come visit us to see what “I-House” has to offer or for information about our Fallactivities contact:International House Program Office1414 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637753-2274modernballetjazzaerobesFALL SESSION • SEPT 29-DEC. 6, 1986FACULTY:janerkert orectorj£* JEN UN ASSOCIATE DIRECTORBERNT lEW> BC.SNESS MANAGERlEAEE CRA**ORDJUU MALL'HAN CAMPBELLLOUISE GREENJEN JEN UNMCmAEl WcSTRA*PETER RQTmBlat*Tim vEACMTHESCHOOLDance School of Jan Erkert & DancersINTERNATIONAL HOUSE1414 East 59th Street • Chicago. IL 60637Telephone (312) 753-2274 • 944-4208 ntimnmm rnr**************** CII |\/1C CAI I 'OR m**************mflWWWMWHHHHHW riLIVIO irALL 0U itigiiitMwifiiiiiHliliIllifPBAll showings are at International House, 1414 East 59th St., in theAssembly Hall. General admission is $2.00 for weekday showingsand $2.50 for weekend showings. Series passes ($5.00) residents,($10.00) non-residents, will be available during the first three weeksof the quarter. For further information, call 753-2274.OCT. 2, THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA, USSR. 1928 8:00OCT 5, JAILHOISE ROCK. USA. 1957 8:00OCT. 9, LA SYMPHONTE PASTORALE. FRANCE, 1946 8:00OCT. 10, PADRE, PADRONE, ITALY, 1977 8:00 & 10:00OCT. 16, RASHOMON, JAPAN. 1950 8:00OCT. 18. A SUNDAY' IN THE COUNTRY, FRANCE. 1984 8:00 & 10:00OCT. 23, PERSONA, SWEDEN, 1967 8:00OCT. 26, THE GOLD RUSH, USA, 1925 8:00OCT. 30, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. FRANCE, 1946 8:00NOV. 1, GAUIN, BRAZIL. 1979 8:00 & 10:00NOV. 6, THE 400 BLOWS, FRANCE. 1959 8:00NOV. 8, THE TIN DRUM, GERMANY, 1979 7:30 & 10:00NOV. 13, LA STRADA, ITALY, 1954 8:00NOV. 20, MAYAK, INDIA. 1966 8:00NOV. 22, BLOW UP, BRITAIN, 1966 8:00 & 10:00NOV. 23, MEXICAN BUS RIDE, MEXICO. 1951 8:00DEC. 4, DIABOLIQUE, FRANCE, 195 8:00DEC. 5, NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK. USA. 1941 8:00 & 10:00miMHSlGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26. 1986 £FRI.| SAT. SUN.Happy Hour4:30-8Discounted Drinks MON. TUES. WED.Academic-Bluz BreakV2 price cover w/studentID. Discount Drinks. THURS.™>S/■ / Cr1 rKf / *1 ^971/ 28 /,-bVV^v y s?// yy✓ V 29s<•"D 30* ^ 1\oNy•Ncc,o°❖ 2✓ I<?•V5J 3-41!? \e'1 ^ 5/'<!*■ / A?/ if %'•/y/ v C/5 6tu3 7^v° 8 9 jjf1 10-111i y1 & 12 //<///////W/J"/ * CQ 135Q 14C ^^ y 15A0* 16.✓,A°J17-18 19 ^T> 0_ < 04,///jf1 ^ so0£HI 21 22c/‘A?ss n"j'4a<<■> j✓ !iI 24-25I ^yJ1 V3 264#//J UMD 27nJCQ 28 29,o*^°'c 30J*HALLOWEEN PARTYw/JUNIOR WELLS$10 at the door, $8 in advanceTickets available at Reynolds Club Box Office. FREE FOOD&CHAMPAGNEThe HOME OF THE BLUES is located at 423 E. 43rd St. There is ample streetparkins and a security suard on duty at all times. There is a parkins sarase in thebuildins, or, the cab fare from Hyde Park is less than $5. Come to where the Bluesis LIVED, not MERELY Played. Music besins at about 9:00 unless otherwise notedFor more information call 624-3240.6—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALretreat between bouts on the dance floor. On aside note, the minds that conceived Medusa’shave recently presented Chicago with anothercreation:The Orbit Room (3708 N Broadway)The Orbit Room is dedicated to combiningthe two pleasures of trendy eating and trendydancing, a pursuit which can prove to be messyat times. Fortunately, however, the burger-boogie-barf syndrome doesn’t seem to crop uphere that often. Hungry club-goers can feaston their choice of items from a menu which“caters equally well to the angsty gut as it doesto the trendy guys,” (Lou Moxey), and thenwork off excess calories on the equallynon-partisan dance floor. And speaking ofangsty guys, they can shake their booties overto:The Exit (Wells, North of North Ave.)The Exit is Chicago’s premier death clubCatering to a select group of angsty youngby Rick WojcikCabaret Metro (3730 N. Clark)Despite the petty criticism it may receive, theMetro still has more to offer than any other clubin the city. They remain as the best venue forlive music in Chicago, this due to their (fairly)low ticket prices, the high quality of theirbookings, and the layout of the hall. The SmartBar, located in the basement, is perhaps thebest alternative dance club in the area. Itslower-level atmosphere makes it feel crampedat times, but the assortment of music andpeople more than makes up for this fact.Upstairs is Joz (say “Joe’s”), a cluster oftrendily decorated rooms containing the “artsy’’side of Metro. Joz is the showcase for smaller-name acts and performance artists that play atMetro. It also provides a nice refuge from thenoise down below, especially during VideoMetro, the one drawback about the club. Onselect evenings (normally after live shows onFriday and Saturday) the main hall is filled withthree obtrusive screens and a myriad of tinymonitors, all of which simultaneously pay trib¬ute to the cult of music video. One mustseriously question the introduction of rock videoto the dance floor, an addition which not onlydecreases the selection of fluidity of music, butalso distracts the patrons from the action whichis going on around them. However, it doesseem to sell for Metro, a fact which has recentlybeen noted and acted upon by their competi¬tion:The Vic (Belmont at Sheffield)The Vic’s primary reason for existence is todraw business away from the Metro. At onetime they provided bookings similar in quality toMetro’s, if only at a slightly higher price Now.however, they have canned all live entertain¬ment (at least temporarily) in order to fullydevote their attention to Clubland, a “goodtime” which involves the process to seventy-five television monitors shooting cathode raysinto the eyes of anyone who happens to benear the dance floor. This whole process iscalled a video dance and is billed as “fun funfun.” The worst aspect of Clubland, though isits dedication to providing an exciting time forsuburban yuppies, a fact which transforms thecorner of Belmont and Sheffield into MainStreet. Schaumburg on weekend evenings. Ifyou’re looking for a refuge from Yupland. crossthe street and check out:Berlin (Belmont under the El)Berlin possesses all of the qualificiations to.make it a great club, but it suffers from severesize limitations. The music, decor, bar, anddance floor are all top-notch, but everything ison such a small scale that things get really crowded really fast. If you’re more interested indancing than cramping, turn the corner andhead upstairs to:Medusa’s (Sheffield at School)The fact that Medusa’s is an eighteen andover juice bar can either be an attribute or adetriment, depending on one’s inclination. Ob¬viously, those who need a little libation to enjoythemselves will not find a haven at Medusa's.But for the clubgoer who is primarily interestedin dancing, Medusa’s multi-leveled, spaciousdancefloor more than fits the bill The music isa good, yet occasionally dated mix of the bestin alternative dance. Another plus is the ple¬thora of upstairs rooms into which one canSteven K. AmsterdamON THE CLUB ROUTE men, the Exit provides an outlet for the harshersounds of alternative culture One strong pointabout the Exit is that they’ve recently realizedtheir potential as a live venue. Consequently,they’ve been booking acts that most other clubsin the city would be afraid to touch. Slightly lessangsty and slightly to the north of the Exit is:Club 950 (950 W. Wrightwood)Club 950 has built a strong following on itsunpretentious dedication to dance music withmore rock than roll. The atmosphere is stillquite clubbish, but trendiness is on the down-scale. An interesting feature of the club is its“theme nights” featuring only the music of asingle artist or group for the evening. As youcan probably tell, I’m running out of clever linksbetween these blurbs, but that's okay becausenext on the list is:Limelight (632 N Dearborn)Here it is, the grandaddy of them all, theLimelight, of London, New York, and Chicago.Everything you’ve heard is true The declineand fall of Western Civilization is acted outnightly to the tune of Euro-disco. Many questionthe high cover charge but that seems pettywhen one considers that Great Americacharges twice the price and only has half theclientele that the Limelight does. Still, even thehippest club in the world can’t hold a candle to:The City (15845 S. Halsted)Although the City is located in the distantsuburban wasteland of Harvey, it is well worththe trek for any self-respecting club-hopperFrom the moment you enter the door, owner EdBrunswick will give you a look that shows thathe means business, and that business is fun.Such features as twenty-five cents shots, two-for-one drink specials, and live jello-wrestling allserve to deliver Ed’s promise. The City is alsothe home of the subversive South suburbansubculture a movement dedicated to infiltratingall levels of society through the use of allitera¬tion. I recently had the opportunity to meet theleaders of the movement. Jeff “Juxtaposition"Johnston and Shecky “Shecky" Stuart after arecent triple bill hardcore show They welcomeall comers, especially those whose names be¬gin with the letters Q. X, and Z. Of course, ifyou don't have access to a car. or some othersuitable means of transportation, you mightwant to stay at home and listen to:WHPK (88.5 FM)The hip. hot, happening sounds of WHPKcan transform virtually any level surface into anunbeatable dance floor The ultraaef team cfhouse djs, Brett Biixa" Bobley, Patrick“Foxey” Moxey, Ken "K-Love” Wissoker, and“Jaded" Jeff Brill, along with guest mixers JoeShanahan of Metro and Carla of Paris Dance,all work together to provide an unbeataDle 24-hour mix of the best in alternative dance. In arecent poll, WHPK was cited as the mainreason for the population shift to the SouthSide Tune in and be thankful that you’re in thebroadcasting areaGREY CITY BRUNCH IS THE GENERAL MEETING OF OUR STAFF. ANYONEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOINTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY. 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ELLIS''fMHOURS:IT9:00 AM - 5:00 PM WEEKDAYS10:00 AM -1:00 PM SATURDAYSPHONE: 753-2300. , - ■ % .i *.*> WKmMM.When you have travel plans, come toMidway Travel Service8—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALRECONSTRUCTING THE IVORY WALLS:by Lisa SimeoneThere will be a reverent hush in Mandel Hallthis week as the speaker stands to deliver theannual "Aims of Education” speech. The newstudents may not know it, but this is a paean tothe great fathers of the liberal tradition, Ari¬stotle, Plato and the rest, and though it shouldtake at least a quarter of the common core forthe sermon to sink in to the initiates, manyadministrators and illustrious faculty memberswill swell with pride. They know why they'rehere. After all, the University of Chicago is oneof the few universities still committed to theclassical notion of the liberal arts as essential tohuman development. They are the basic in¬tellectual tools with which you assess evidenceand establish truth, they free you from ig¬norance by tapping into 5000 years of humanhistory and teaching you to read it well. Thefour collegiate divisions include the practical,intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions of thenatural world within a comprehensive inter¬disciplinary whole. Specialized study isn'tmeant to provide you with job skills, you leavethe University of Chicago with life skills. You’velearned to think critically. You can construct agood argument. You will make interestingfriends. Now you may be a gob of unmoldedclay, but you will emerge A Citizen.Unfortunately, the supreme triumph of in¬dividualism celebrated in the liberal tradition isan inadequate account of underclass, Black,and women’s history. The loftiest ac¬complishments of western civilization reflect theexperience of an em powered minority perchedabove the material labor of a relatively in¬significant majority of anonymous individuals.And because cultural institutions have beencontrolled by this minority, the Great Traditionis necessarily one-sided. Aspects of liberaleducation may be valuable, but it is blind to thefact that its values are not universal. "TheUniversity” thrives on disagreement, but certainperspectives will not be integrated into the"dialectic.” Their arguments "aren't goodenough.”This University has been intolerant of "fad¬dish disciplines” for years. Middle-eastern,Latin American, and South Asian inter¬disciplinary programs explore contrasting cul¬tural experiences, but there are no programs inwomen’s or afro-american studies. Apparently,conflicting perspectives within our own culturechallenge the divine neutrality of a white, maletradition rooted in its own ideology. Like it ornot, University structures reflect entrenched'social conventions; it cannot disregard genderand race differences in the name of higherlearning. I’ve chosen to focus on the questionof a woman’s study program for the purposesof this article, though many of my argumentscan be made for afro-american studies as well.This is partly because the University’s in¬adequacy in dealing with the Black communityis too involved an issue to treat here, and partlybecause I am more comfortable speaking firsthand as a feminist at the U of C.It can’t be said that there’s no establishedprecedent for women’s studies. A look atWomen s Studies Quarterly will reveal over 450women’s studies programs in American Uni¬versities since the first course listings publishedat Cornell in 1969 The University of Wisconsinat Madison, one of the first and most extensive,offers a credit certificate, an individualized BA,an MA, and a PhD in Women's History. TheUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Uni¬versity of California, Berkeley, also offer BAs.So do Harvard, Yale, MIT. Brown and Stanford.Princeton offers an 18 credit certificate Thesearen’t “schlock” schools, but they aren’t go¬ing to sway UC opinion either. Herman Smaiko,formerly Dean of Students in the College,assured me that "we are quite conservativeand ask for quite solid arguments before we'llbuy an idea.” There is a great deal of politicaland non-intellectual support for such a pro¬gram, and the University has always upheld adivision between politics and serious academicwork. They will not give in until a discipline orapproach has proved itself, as anthropology,psychoanalysis, and Marxist criticism eventuallydid. However, though there is considerablecontroversy among feminists over what"women’s studies” should be composed of,one thing is fairly certain. As a subject of study,women are not peripheral to the academicmainstream. Gender relations are central to theway we think and act within society, and mustbe central to every discipline interpreting hu¬man process. And I would add that the Univer¬sity has taken an implicity political position inrefusing to recognizing this. As an institutionwielding power, it has political biases andresponsibilities. Again, it cannot transcend sur¬rounding social conditions.There is an inherent conflict between £women's studies and the traditional wisdom of ^just about any field in the humanities and social gsciences Otto Rank once called psychology ^"not only man-made...but masculine in its |mentality.” a science that predicted certain 2behavioral truths on observations of womenthrough men’s eyes. When the idea of educat¬ing upper-class women became an issue at thebeginning of this century, Virginia Woolf wrotein Three Guineas: "What is this 'civilization' inwhich we find ourselves? What are theseceremonies and why should we take part inthem? What are these professions and why should we make money out of them? Where inshort is it leading us, the procession of the sonsof educated men?” Then, as now, the "gen¬tleman’s education” provided women with thebenefit of an intellectual identity, but an ill-fittingone based on male values and experience. Thisis not to say that the histories of men andwomen are not intertwined. Women have al¬ways lived within the role and class delineationsof a patriarchial society, have often benefitedfrom economic exploitation, have generally ac¬cepted the cultural conventions fashioned bymen. Dominant forms continue to shape ourlives; they must be understood in order toderive past and contemporary perspectives.There’s been argument over how to integratewomen’s material into the curriculum. Ad¬vocates of "mainstreaming” liken feministscholarship to a tributary flowing into a largerriver. Once enough interest has been stimu¬lated, dams will break and the river itself will berechannelled. From this point of view, there'sno reason for a structured department whichwould run the risk of "ghettoizing" itself fromthe more established disciplines. But anotherargument holds that without a program coor¬dinating activities and writing grant proposals,the tributaries dry up from neglect. Watermetaphor aside, English professor Beth Ashremembers the University of MichiganWomen’s Studies program as relatively in¬effective, with over-worked graduate studentschoosing to expend energy in their respectivefields instead. She had better memories of aninformal critical theory workshop at the Univer¬sity of Virginia where livid disagreements withmen strengthened and refined her feministarguments. Instead of a women’s program perse, Ash would like to see a committee coor¬dinate workshops and gather funds for visitingscholars.Suzanne Gosset, professor in English anddirector of Women’s Studies at Loyola Univer¬sity, disagrees. She and a few other facultywomen started the program in 1977 firmlycommitted to mainstreaming. But interestedfaculty come and go, and departments yet havehigher priorities competing for their resources.Gosset identifies an intellectual and a politicalfactor involved: how the intellectual agenda willaccommodate gender research within discipli¬nes, and how longstanding structural changesin the University ascertain that such study ismaintained. She insists that "women’s studiesprograms are at the forefront making genderquestions a basic mode of intellectual inquiry”by providing an encouraging atmosphere, aninterdisciplinary focus, and crucial professionallegitimacy. But intellectual change doesn’tguarantee that courses, grants, and confer¬ences will spontaneously erupt out of individualdepartments.Attempts at either program have met withlittle success here, though the University'sposition toward women apparently began to bequestioned early in the movement. In 1969. aCommittee on University Women was chargedto investigate a "vague discontent” notedamong female students and faculty members.The 120 page report issued on May 1, 1970was superficially conclusive, officially resolvingthat “the status of women in this University, their achievements and their frustrations, areinextricably intertwined with the larger questionof the position of women in the broader soci¬ety,” but that "by-and-large the problems thatcan be alleviated by changes in Universityprocedures stem more from faults of omissionthan of commission, more from lack of aware¬ness than from deliberate acts of discrimination(p.57).” Surprise was expressed concerning thelow percentage of women teaching, but nodiscrepancies between male and female"matches” on the faculty were discovered. Anda Committee on Women’s Affairs was recom¬mended to encourage contact between womenstudents and faculty members, consider fund¬ing for women’s research, establish a lectureseries, coordinate possible workshops and ca¬reer programs, and somehow subdue thelargely unsubstantiated "attitudes” floatingmenacingly about the University.There was clearly debate over this inter¬pretation. Freeman, then a graduate student inPolitical Science, criticized in detail the pre¬sumed “objectivity” of the survey methods andsuggested that factors such as faculty "grape¬vine” networking, interview biases, and pro¬fessional intimidation were never taken intoaccount. She considered the study con¬scientious but inadequate, unable to assess thesociological and psychological means and re¬sults of discrimination. An egalitarian policytowards women doesn’t assure equality as longas the University refuses to take women seri¬ously as a group. "For the University to say itignores general social attitudes is only to rein¬force them. They must be deliberately andeffectively countered or they will continue toimpose themselves on all of us. The result willnot only be a loss of talent to the University butan even greater loss to the women themselves(p.122).” Freeman urged that a full-fledgedprogram was necessary to develop and supportcourses and research on women, more im¬portantly to stimulate sufficient change in thecommunity. The report was swallowed, diges¬ted, and effectively disregarded by the Univer¬sity, as expected. A faculty committee onwomen was appointed, but without the in¬novating powers originally recommended.There have since been informal efforts toaccommodate feminist study. In the spring of1979, a student/faculty Ad Hoc Committee forthe Study of Women formed, and a number ofmeetings between Common Core heads, andHumanities administrators addressed ways ofintegrating material on women into the existingcurriculum In the fall of 1979, a small group ofgraduate students formed the Graduate Com¬mittee on the Study of Women which for twoyears sponsored bag lunches and a directoryfor people doing research on women. In 1981as chair of General Studies, Janel Muellerattempted to piece together a women’s studiesoption in General Studies despite sparsecourses offerings, mostly offered in the Englishdepartment. Then in 1982 a group of under¬graduate women attached to the women’sunion sponsored a series of faculty speakers asthe Forum for Feminist Scholarship. The nextyear they got enough grant money to bringoutside speakers to Ida Noyes and enoughrecognition to merit office space and a bulletin board in Gates Blake. However, within a yearthey ran out of energy; some graduated; no onepicked up the responsibility.Such stories are common to universitieswithout some permanent coordinating body forwomen’s studies. Sporadic, fragmented at¬tempts to gather student and faculty supportlast only as long as dedicated individuals canmake time and retain enthusiasm. And thefunding and recognition an organization mayhave obtained in its short life-span rarely car¬ries over to new projects though their ideas domake an impact on administration and faculty.English professor Elizabeth Helsinger likes tothink of the Forum as dormant, ready andwaiting for a new group to occupy the officeand claim some of the remaining funds. Shesees it as one of the best ways to build supportfor some kind of program "through the backdoor.” Feminist theory has become an una¬voidable part of literary psychoanalytic, andcultural studies; a new generation of graduatestudents find questions of gender essential andprofessionally exciting. Thus there's a demand,especially in the English department, for facultyspecializing in feminist criticism. The legitimacyargument is getting weaker, but the politicalissue and belief that mainstreaming is sufficientstill make the prospect improbable Helsingeradds that there’s not enough womanpower topursue the traditional workshop to committeeroute. Of the 144 women on the Universityfaculty, only the tenured professors interestedhave the time; junior faculty are concernedmainly with career advancement. Along with thegraduate feminist workshop now beginning itsfourth year, an active undergraduate Forum canexplore the possibilities without administrativeapproval.In her 1973 essay "Toward a Woman-Centered University,” Adrienne Rich speaks ofWomen’s Studies uprooting patriarchial uni¬versity structures and providing an arena forstudying women's oppression and contribution.If viability depends on whether or not main-streaming and “ghettoization” are opposed. Onone hand, efforts at integration may be anexclusive attempt to identify an essential femi¬ninity through a department inbred and mar¬ginalized from other departments. Or it can bea steady increase in gender study across theboard, in which both men and women can in¬vestigate the consequences of sexual dif¬ference. There are variations, but I think thatthis is a false dichotomy produced by long¬standing ambivalencies towards feminism. Mostwomen’s studies programs are multi¬disciplinary, with joint-appointed faculties Mostof the research is centered in specific discipli¬nes, most students pursue complete programsin a major field. The question here is how tochange the existing University in order toinclude an element long neglected and vital toan adequate understanding of the individual asa function of context. Feminist study is not arefutation of the liberal arts, but a radicalextension of it. Traditions lead to new traditionsor they die; this one must be transformed. 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Paper: $13.95by Anjali FedsonClothed in the scents of sandalwood and theshimmering colors of exoticism, and exuding afull-blown sensuality, the Orient, with its un¬fathomable mysteries and barbaric scenes, hasalways fascinated and disturbed Europe. ‘Ori¬entalism both pictoral and literary,” arguesMaleek Alloula, the author of The ColonialHarem, has made its contribution to thedefinition of the variegated elements of thesweet dream in which the West has beenwallowing for more than four centuries."In The Colonial Harem Maleek Alloula hascollected, arranged and annotated the picturepost-cards of Algerian women which the Frenchsent home during the first three decades of thiscentury. He maintains that we live in an erawhen "nostalgic wonderment and tearful arch¬eology (Oh! those colonial days!) are very muchin vogue." Take a trip to Water Tower and lookat the multitude of safari clothing. More of¬fensive still are the collections of Ralph Laurenwhich romanticize those blond blue-eyed colo¬nists who wind their way through the bush instarched whites. Or if fashion is too elusive amedium, look at the recent crop of films whichromanticize the colonies and the colonial era:Out of Africa, A Passage to India, and A Roomwith a View. These cultural trends may at firstseem harmless, but they form the basis for thereturn of racism and xenophobia that were socharacteristic of the coiomal empires.While in the West colonial fetishism gainsground many scholars and writers are reas¬sessing the distorting affects that imperialismhad on the social order of the colonies. Anumber of these writers are women, like theMoroccan Fatima Mermssi the author ofBeyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in aModern Muslim Society and the Algerianfeminist Fadela M rabet in her essays “LaFemme algerienne. and “Les Algeriennes.”These women scholars have critiqued theirsocieties and conditioning. Other writers, likethe Suadanese scholar Tayeb Salih, who wroteSeasons of Migration to the North, chose fictionas their medium to counter Western myths.Western anthropologists themselves, are rew¬riting the functionalist anthropologists' versionsof Africa, and the Orientalists' visions of Islam,which justified their colonial heritage. Recentstudies, like U of C's Jean Comaroff’s Body ofPower Spirit of Resistance, draw on the worksof the French anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu,and the late Roland Barthes who was theleading proponent of semiology, or the study ofsigns.The Colonial harem rightly belongs withrecent writing that reassesses the colonial ex¬perience. Choosing the harem as his subject,Alloula highlights one of the various culturaland political fronts on which the colonized havefought against the colonists. Like the unnamedArab in Camus’ The Stranger who kills theFrenchman who defiled his sister, Alloula chal¬lenges the aggressor of his countrywomen. Heuncovers the colonialist's gaze and subvertsthe illusion the French attached to the bodies ofthese women As Alloula says, “I attempt,lagging far behind History, to return this im¬mense postcard to its sender."Alloula has a passionate view of his subject,"What I read on these cards does not leaveindifferent.” he says. “It demonstrates to me,were that still necessary, the desolate povertyof a gaze that I myself, as an Algerian, musthave been the object of at some moment in mypersonal history. Among us, we believe in thenefarious effects of the evil eye (the evil gaze).We conjure them with our hand spread out likea fan. I close my hand back upon a pen to writemy exorcism: this text ”There are no cultural illusions without sexand the harem contains the very embodiment ofthis obsession. Allusions to the harem conjureup wild mirages of dancing girls and opium,even now when these are melting into the sand.The Orient is no longer a dreamland. Since theearly 1800s colonialism has appropriated it,binding it by hand and foot and turning it overto the great mother countries, with ever in¬creasing appetites for raw materials. As theOrient inches closer, reality corrodes its vividdepictions and its romanticism begins to seemforced. But the dream is still profitable — whatthe painter cannot paint, photographers rec¬reate in the studio, activating the illusion at itscrudest level.The postcard is everywhere, immediatelyavailable to the tourist, the soldier, the colonial¬ist. In Algeria the postcard became theirpseudo-knowledge of the colony, producingstereotypes which fertilized the colonial vision.The postcard is ubiquitous, its essence istravel and return home. It straddles two spaces:the one it pictures, and the one il will reach. Itshows the camel rides of the tourist, thesuccessive postings of the soldier, and theterritorial spread of the colonist. It foreverappeals to the spirit of adventure and pioneering. “In short," Alloula dryly remarks, "thepostcard would be a resounding defense of thecolonial spirit in picture form It is the comicstrip of colonial morality.”Alloula selected postcards of Algerianwomen in various states of unveiling. Histori¬cally. the veil has played an important pari inthe political actions of women in Algeria. In¬itially, women wore the veil as a form ofresistance to the French colonization of Algeria COLONIAL ADVANCES ON AFEMALE LANDSCAPEby puportmg to revel Algeria, but they are inreality only the clumsy eroticism depicting "abad taste that is as brutal as it is pedestrian.”We must not forget that these are pictures ofwomen taken by men. These are images of theabsolute limitlessness of pleasure, and of thegeneral perversion of women in harems. Shotsof these women in lesbian embraces furthereroticize and distance them from the photo¬grapher They reveal the harem as "an eroticuniverse in which there are no men." Orderedaround the absence of a phallus, the haremadds frustration to the Western fantasy Thephotographer could scarcely ignore such atitillating prospect. Yet these lesbian photo¬graphs are clumsy at best "Erotic” can besummed up as a hasty pose, embellished withtwo pairs of breasts, that are raised bv upliftedarms There are only certain stock images ofthe harem and in all these postcards becamewhat Alloula calls “the equivalent of an anthol-ology of breasts.”Alloula presents a familiar argument on anunfamiliar subject Semiological analysis hasoften been used to study photographs, ad¬vertisements and all other representations ofcultures. This collection of photographs is im¬pressive and will startle the romantic admirersof colonism. Alloula's analysis is most convinc¬ing when he stays with the images of singlewomen and the harem. When he discussescouples, his argument becomes a little strainedHe displays a photograph of traditionalteenage parents with a child and contraststhem with another couple, a Western-dressedsoldier chastely holding his wife's hand Henotes that one must “sterilize and castrate the(first) couple in order to have it conform to thestatus of a true colonized couple ” The photo¬grapher, Alloula says, found in them the cop¬ulating barbarism of the colony while the otherpair represented controlled and proper sex¬uality. an important concern for the French.His other comments well illustrate the pointat which semiological analysis become non¬sensical. he says that "the whiteness of the veilbecomes a symbolic equivalent of blindness: aleukoma, a white speck on the eye of thephotographer and on his viewfinder.” but thisdoes not do anything to further our under¬standing of the colonial gaze Despite Alloula'sfrequent tirades and bitter comments. TheColonial Harem is an interesting and well-documented book which goes a long waytowards dispelling the Oriental phantasm sopopular in Western society.Tradition demanded a strict separation of thesexes: but later, women abandoned thp veil inthe struggle for independence. What had beenused to block the offensives of the occupier,became an instrument for Algerian women toface the problems created by the struggleWhen the French began to suspect the pro¬gressive women in Western clothing, revolu¬tionary women readopted the veil, which theyused to conceal their weapons.Alloula argues that veils discourage the voy¬eurism of the photographer because they are aperfect and generalized mask. All womenmerge into the same shrouded figure. In orderto photograph Algerian women, the photo¬grapher must uncover the veiled figure and"give a figural representation to the forbidden."In showing their bodies he violates the womenand the Islamic traditions of their society.The French photographer chose women fromthe periphery of society and took them to hisstudio. There the models became figures forthe symbolic male appropriation of femalebodies, with the studio mirroring the colonial¬ists’ hold on Algeria. Both of these imagessuggest the violence conveyed by the colonialpostcard It is a violence spoken in all inno¬cence for the postcard has no pretensions tohigh artEach of the women's poses show a fragmentof the Orientalist fantasy. Alloula maintains Tomake the photographs seem real, the sur¬rounding appear natural—by reaffirming West¬ern stereotypes—the photographer gave thepostcards an authentic aura. The depictions ofimprisoned women in their own homes presentthemselves as explanations of the in¬accessibility of Algerian women. The photo¬grapher forced young and old women to stripand pose behind bars in order to render theirbodies erotic and to give testament to theirconfinement. Having penetrated their veils, thephotographer made further conquests upon thelandscape of the Algerian women. Alloula tellsof his advance into the women’s quarters wherethe photographer had created a lasciviousworld of idle women bedecked in finery await¬ing sexual pleasure.The colonial photographer though did notrestrict his fantasies to single women. Since theWestern family was the constitutive unit of hissociety the photographer could not help butimpose his preconceptions. But Islamic society,by definition divided into an inner women's areaand an outer outer male world, cannot ac¬commodate a gaze which would merge thesetwo. These postcards of couples bring togetherthese two spaces without regard for the socialconventions which govern interactions betweenmen and women. Indeed, Alloula notes, theidea of a couple is an imported one which thephotographer applied to a society which oper¬ates on the basis of groups larger than pairs:"First colonized, then rearranged along bour¬geois criteria, the Algerian family becomes inthe postcard, only the exotic replica of its Western view of a traditional Arabian womanEuropean counterpart."Having revealed the secrets of the harem thephotographer had to preserve its mysteri¬ousness. The decorations in the studio allcontribute to the illusion of the harem as alabyrinth which no one can enter, with doorsopening onto dim hallways and beaded al¬coves. 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Mayor Daley (center) clutching his stomachby Steven LeslieIn 1957 four University of Chicago studentsidentified only by their initials wrote to theMaroon and appealed to the University to payattention to NAACP charges of discrimination.“To push the lower class Negro farther andfarther out of sight, so that our streets will be‘pretty’ does not solve anything,” they wrote,‘ the slums will always be on our consciences,if not in our backyards. Only by eradicating theslum situation—in other words, raising thestandards of living of all—can these problemsbe solved.”The University of Chicago has always de¬signed Hyde Park. When John D. Rockefellerfounded the campus the area was a swamp onthe edge of the city. The school has never trulywanted to be a part of the diverse, strong, andgritty metropolis that is Chicago.For most of the century the University hasbeen neighbors with the Black South Side, oneof the most enduring Afro-American commu¬nities in the country. The University has alwaysfought to be separate from the South Side. Todo this they have in the past torn down greatparts of this neighborhood, maintained seg¬regated apartment buildings, and consignedBlacks to a tiny and embattled minority oncampus.So if you wonder why there are so fewactivities, pubs, and first-class stores in HydePark it is due to this neighborhood beingseparate. And if you mull over the barrennessof 55th Street, the blocked entrance to theneighborhood at 57th, or the chainlink fenceswith barbed wire holders on 61st Street, it isbecause the University wants to keep it thatway.Chicago had always been home to a sizeableBlack community, in fact Jean Baptiste PointeDu Sable, a Black man, was the first settler inthis area. Until the 1930s though, most Afro-Americans lived in a narrow congested stripthat ran through the South Side between StateStreet and Lake Park Drive and later CottageGrove Boulevard. During World War II manyjobs opened up in war industries or in jobstraditionally filled by white men.A great migration of rural Blacks moved to allthe northern cities during this time and Chicagowas no exception. During the war conditions inthe ghetto became unbearable and worsenedeven more after the conflict ended as veterans,both Black and white, returned home. Thehousing shortage in Chicago became acuteespecially after a slum clearance project on thenear South Side built the Lake Meadows com¬plex at the expense of an entire neighborhood.High Black Belt rents and severe over¬crowding led many Blacks to attempt to moveinto previously segregated neighborhoods.Ethnic whites on the South and Southwestsides rioted in trying to block these efforts.Blacks also began to move into Hyde Park; the1940 census indicated that 573 Blacks lived inthe community, the 1950 figures found 1,757,and by 1960. 17,163 Blacks made their homehere. These Afro-Americans were not im¬migrants from the South; most of them hadlived in Chicago for generations.Through the 1960s, housing in Hyde Parkwas strictly segregated to such an extent thatBlack and white students were generally unableto find housing together. Blacks for the mostpart lived in the north and west parts of theneighborhood. To clear the way for renewalefforts University officials claimed that thehousing in these areas was seriously dil¬apidated. Many observers at the time tookexception to this assessment, and in truth whenstudies were actually carried out they foundthat the only portion of Hyde Park that wasrundown enough to qualify for federal clearanceprograms were the overwhelmingly white blocksthat sat on the site of and to the south of wherethe Hyde Park Shopping Center now stands. Asit turned out this area would be the first to fall tothe wrecking ball.Racially Restrictive CovenantsUniversity of Chicago efforts to hamper Blackin-migration began in 1933 when FrankO’Brien, an alumnus and vice-president ofMcKey and Poague Realtors, requested help toresist “the attempts of the colored” to enter theWashington Park subdivision southwest ofHyde Park. After providing financing for thiseffort, the University went on to reorganize theWoodlawn Property Owners’ League and set upcorresponding groups in Hyde Park and Ken¬wood. These organizations sponsored cov¬enants in deeds that prohibited the transfer ofproperty to Blacks and other groups and until1947 the University gave them office space andno less than $83,597.46 for their legal efforts.The University claimed credit for a seven-yeardelay in "the conversion of the WashingtonPark Subdivision from a white to a coloredneighborhood” and boasted that they had beenable to evict “three groups of Mexicans, andother persons considered unassimilatable in thecommunity.” In 1948 the Supreme Court deci¬ded that racially restrictive covenants wereunconstitutional and until the formation of theSouth East Chicago Commission in 1952 theUniversity was left temporarily without a meansto hinder Black movement into the neigh¬borhood. The Housing File ControversyMeanwhile a racial controversy had eruptedupon campus. Until 1950 when student pres¬sure forced a change in policy, the housingoffice had kept separate lists of off-campushousing for Black and white students. At thistime few buildings were integrated and rentsigns often indicated whether Blacks or orien¬tals were allowed to apply. A single off-campushousing list had led though to repeated in¬stances in which minority students went tosupposedly available apartments only to findthat it was for whites only, or more often, theroom had “just been rented.”In response to this situation Student Gov¬ernment (SG) in 1952 passed a bill that calledupon the housing office to not accept listingsfrom landlords who discriminated. DeanStrozier rejected the resolution saying that theUniversity had neither the means to change itslistings or the desire to adapt its housing policy.Student outrage followed the dean’s decision,“...the University’s own weak stand on dis¬crimination,” Student Government PresidentSander Levin complained, “will do little orpossibly hurt the battle against discrimination.”As a result, SG began their own housingreferral system which excluded segregationistlandlords. This very issue surfaced again threeyears later in 1955 when the University pro¬mised to send a letter to participating landlordsencouraging them not to discriminate. StudentGovernment and the school administrationagain clashed over the University's lenientapproach to discriminatory real estate com¬panies and apartment agents.Hyde Park Urban Planning BeginsIn the midst of campus controversy overdiscrimination the University’s developmentplan was already making headway; by 1955their plans were in full swing. As far back as1949 the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Con¬ference (HPKCC) had formed to tackle theproblems of racial succession and as theythemselves said, “to keep whites from movingEviction south of the Midway away, to welcome the new Negro residents intoall community activities, and to maintain com¬munity property standards.” This liberal groupattempted to enforce housing codes, organizeblock clubs, and quell white fears as Blacksmoved into previously all-white blocks of HydePark. Ultimately though the HPKCC did nothave the financial or political muscle to affectthe larger forces that were altering Chicago andthe South Side. HPKCC and other communityinstitutions increasingly called upon the Uni¬versity to involve itself in neighborhood changeThis involvement began in earnest with theformation of the South East Chicago Commis¬sion (SECC).The SECC formed spectacularly in May 1952after a particularly violent crime against the wifeof a faculty member. The University had al¬ready developed plans during the previousseveral months for the organization and as thenChancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton later wrote,“We used a rather sensational kidnapping andattempted rape case to bring the communitytogether and announce a plan for the organiza¬tion of the South East Chicago Commission.”While the SECC ostensibly formed to fight whatthey saw as a rising crime rate, the group'smain purpose was to carry out University plansfor community renewal. When these plansformed they purported to attack communitydeterioration irrespective of race, but in actualfact were motivated by University fears of racialchange.For years the administration had looked onwith fear as the neighboring communities ofWashington Park and Woodlawn, despite all theUniversity’s efforts, made the rapid changefrom all-white to all-Black. At one point in thelate-40s the administration took their trusteeson a bus tour “through typical colored neigh¬borhoods lying between the Loop...and theCampus.” The Trustees quickly authorized thefirst $500,000 for "area protection.” ChancellorRobert Maynard Hutchins (who retired andturned his post over to Kimpton in 1951) during this time penned a verse in praise of a localproperty owner who cooperated with Universityefforts:The Chancellor and the President gazedout across the park,They laughed like anything to see thatthings were looking dark."Our neighborhood,” the Chancellorsaid, “once bloomed like the lily.”“Just seven coons with seven kids couldknock our program silly.”“Forget it,” said the President, “andthank the Lord for Willie.”It was in this atmosphere of racial fear thatthe University and the SECC began planningfor the biggest urban renewal project in Ameri¬can history.Postwar urban redevelopment legislation didnot provide the University and the SECC withvehicles for community change Previous ef¬forts had cleared small patches of seriouslyrundown housing and Hyde Park despite itsproblems did in no way qualify for theseprograms.Under the leadership of Julian Levi theSECC started by inquiring into existing legisla¬tion and working with the Metropolitan Housingand Planning Council to develop a report whichstressed conversation over slum clearance andrecommended Hyde Park as a test community.In due course they rewrote provisions of local,state, and federal laws in order to generatefunding for their renewal efforts. These lawswere tailor-made for Hyde Park and indeedother renewal projects received only a fractionof the money that the University and the City ofChicago under Daley were able to obtain.The Bulldozers BeginThe redevelopment plans began quickly.Bulldozers in 1956 cleared 45 acres of resi¬dential housing in the area now covered by theHyde Park Shopping Center and the town-houses between 57th and 55th Streets Thiswas the only neighborhood in the communitywhich qualified as "blighted” and could bedemolished under existing legislation. Ironicallythe neighborhood was only 18% Black, whiteswere 72% of the residents, and other racialgroups made up the balance The neigh¬borhood contained an artists’ colony with shopsand studios housing some of Chicago’s mostcreative writers and artists. Some of their storesfound new quarters in Harper Square, but mostsimply moved out of the community. Levi, theSECC, and the University were anxious tocomplete this effort that they called the “HydePark A and B Plan" because they knew that agreater plan for urban renewal would requireyears for approval and they needed to convinceresidents and in particular white middle-classHyde Parkers that the University was moving tofix up the neighborhood.The University ran into their greatest opposi¬tion over their plans to “renew” South WestHyde Park. The neighborhood which ran from55th to 59th Street between Ellis and CottageGrove Avenues was predominantly black in1956 and according to a great deal of testimonythe buildings there were in reasonably goodcondition. The University though insisted thatthe neighborhood was headed for “blight” anddeveloped plans through a tightly-controlledprivate corporation which called for the de¬struction of two entire square blocks of housingin what is now occupied by Stagg Field andadditional demolition and renovation throughoutthis area. There was just no good reason to teardown four blocks of adequate housing and putit in grass, testified St. Clair Drake, a sociologyprofessor at Roosevelt University, author ofBlack Metropolis, and leader of the neigh¬borhood opposition to the plan “U of C wouldlike in so many words to have less Negroesliving in its area.” Despite the opposition and alater court challenge 55% of this neighborhoodwas soon destroyedThe final and largest part of the Hyde Parkoverhaul fell under a general urban renewalplan. While the Hyde Park A and B and SouthWest Hyde Park demolitions were under waythe University and the SECC outlined andsubmitted to the City Council a program for theremaining portions of the community. Thisphase of urban renewal focused on a Blackneighborhood within Hyde Park, the northwestcorner near Kozminski Elementary School on53rd and Ingleside, and also called for thetearing down of the 55th Street commercialstripThe City Council and the public closelyscrutinized this program, but the legislation thatlay behind it did not allow changes to be made.In February of 1958 the Council passed theUniversity’s final plan which led to the destruc¬tion of 638 structures which had contained6,147 dwelling units. The plan mandated theconstruction of 2.100 new units, for a net lossof over 4.000 places to live in Hyde Park.Though public housing had long been con¬ceived by many as a solution to the resultingdisplacement, the University persistently re¬sisted efforts to build low-income, public-financed dwellings in Hyde Park. Only 39 unitswere eventually constructed here, most of themare the low squat brick buildings on 55th Streetwhere many elderly live. Administration andcontinued on page 14GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, iy»b—13Fifty-fifth Street BeforeBACKYARD FENCEScontinued from page 13SECC opposition to even the lowest densitypublic housing remains to this day.In addition nearly the entire once-bustling55th Street shopping district fell to thewrecker’s ball. Now only the block that containsJimmy’s bears witness to what was once acommercial district packed with stores andbars.Hyde Park was once a famous place to go tohear jazz and blues. The greatest of Americanmusicians, people like Charlie Parker, MilesDavis, and Muddy Waters regularly played atthe clubs on 55th Street. "It was a boomtown,”recalls Saul Tannenbaum who ran the Beehiveat 55th and Harper until it was leveled to makeway for the University Condominiums. "Everynight there was action. It was wonderful en¬tertainment.”In doing away with the nightlife of Hyde Parkthe University and the SECC succeeded ingetting rid of what attracted outsiders to HydePark and at the same time destroyed the streetlife which is essential for a sense of safety andcommunity in a city. The townhouses andinstitutional buildings that replaced Hyde Park’scommercial strips hardly have a view of thestreet, and the vast open vacant lots scatteredacross the neighborhood cannot offer the se¬curity of a street filled with homes and people.Hyde Park paid an even more tangible pricefor its experiment in renewal. The demolition inall three phases displaced a great number ofresidents at a time when there was a housingshortage Those who were forced from theirhomes were overwhelmingly Black and workingclass. By 1970 there were 6,708 fewer Afro-Americans in Hyde Park than there had been in1960. representing the relocation of nearly 39%of Hyde Park’s Blacks. Though fueled by racialfear the University's policy aimed primarily atrecreating Hyde Park as an integrated, but Duringmiddle class professional neighborhood. As aresult administrators at the time argued thatHyde Park's relatively large white working classhad to be sacrificed in order to form the“interracial community of high standards." Be¬fore the “renewal” wage earners comprised65% of the neighborhood; by 1970 they madeup only 48% of local population. During thissame period over 600 small businesses losttheir establishments — only 100 of these re¬opened in new quarters in the neighborhood.After the approval of the University’s urbanprogram in Hyde Park and before the demoli¬tion was even done, the administration pre¬sented yet another plan for land clearance inwhat they called the South Campus. Presentedto The Chicago Land Clearance Commission inJuly of 1960 this plan asked for Universitycontrol of the area between 60th and 61stStreets, the IC tracks and Cottage Grove Ave¬nue. The University already owned about 60%of this area and intended to expand its campusin this direction. The University’s unilateralaction sparked a widespread community protestin neighboring Woodlawn, with the TemporaryWoodlawn Organization (TWO) calling for"neighborhood self-determination.” A longstruggle ensued, but the administration re¬ceived city clearance for its plans and by 1977the South Campus was completed and the areahad been cut off from the rest of Woodlawn bythe closing of most north-south streetsThe Hyde Park programs were just thelargest part of the redevelopment projectsthroughout town. "Chicago had twenty-sevenredevelopment projects completed or underwayin 1966, at a total public cost of $122 million,”urbanologist Pierre de Vise pointed out at thetime. “These projects involving the clearance of928 acres and the relocation of 10,000 low-income Negro and 1,000 white families, haveprovided land for housing professional elites inHyde Park-Ken wood (199 acres), Lake Mead-ows-Prarie Shores (140 acres), and Carl Sand¬burg (34 acres), and for the expansion ofinstitutions in which they work—Illinois Instituteof Technology (38 acres), the University of Chicago (39 acres), the University of Illinois(106 acres), and Michael Reese Hospital (16aCres).”Protests over U of C Housing SegregationA political bombshell exploded on campus inJanuary of 1962 during the middle of thedemolition when University President GeorgeW. Beadle admitted to Student Governmentand Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in¬vestigators that the school was maintainingsegregation in certain off-campus buildings.White and Black SG and CORE members hadvisited University-owned apartment buildingposing as students looking for housing. Whenwhite renters were accepted as tenants inbuildings run by University Realty Manage¬ment, the real estate office of the school, whileblack students were turned away, the groupstook their finding to Beadle who admitted thattheir charges were true. During the course ofthe Hyde Park renewal projects the Universityacquired a great number of buildings in seg¬regated sections of the neighborhood, Beadlesaid, and chose to maintain all-white housing inthem. The administration claimed that they didnot hold permanent title to these buildings andfelt that integrating them would upset their over¬all plan for community desegregation.Students and campus organizations thoughwere not convinced by the University’s reason¬ing. "There can be no justification for aninstitution of this kind of condoning, eitheractively or tacitly, the practice of discriminationany time, anywhere,” editorialized the Maroon."This past day has been a day of disillusion¬ment—a day on which our confidence in a greatuniversity has been shaken.”Protest rallies and meetings followedBeadle’s announcement and when the Univer¬sity refused to change its segregationist policythe protesting students resolved to sit in on thefifth floor of the administration building outsideBeadle's office. For two weeks studentscamped out in his office lobby while the admin¬istration and CORE argued over terms fordiscussion. The University agreed to meet withthe protesters, but refused to "negotiate” orLEADIN THE AIRby Peter K. LindenauerLead poisoning is a disease that primarilyaffects the children of low-income families thatlive in urban areas. However, lead poisoning isnot only restricted to this high risk group; it isthe most widespread preventable disease inAmerican children. The Centers for DiseaseControl (CDC) in Atlanta estimates that approx¬imately 675,000 US children between the agesof 6 months and 5 years have elevated bloodlead levels. Furthermore, the percentage ofchildren with this high degree of blood lead issignificantly higher in black (12.2%) than inwhite (2.0%) children. In fact, the CDC hasestimated that almost one-fifth of all blackchildren from low-income families suffer ele¬vated blood lead levels and thus risk leadpoisoning. Considering the demographics ofChicago's South Side, it would not surprisemany people to learn that lead poisoning re¬mains a serious problem in the communitiesthat are situated near the University of Chicago.One problem involved in the prevention oflead poisoning is that most children show littleor no symptoms clearly attributable to thedisease. Because of this, lead poisoning issometimes referred to as the "silent epidemic.”Research done by Dr. Herbert Needleman andpublished in the New England Journal of Med¬icine has shown that children who have leadpoisoning suffer a range of developmentaldelays and learning disorders, including in¬tellectual problems such as delayed speechdevelopment and verbal processing, poor at¬tention span and decreased IQ scores — allessential for the development of skills neces¬sary for classroom success. Once lead ac- 30 >10- CL ass 1 OCNTlNE LEAD< 515 1 8 18 2 11 8119 17.117 2 -27 0>270rfi22455 12345605TRACTIBLE 123456 123456NOT OEPEtOENTPERSISTENT HYPER.ACTIVE 123456 123456IMPULSIVE frustrated I.123 4 5 6 1 2 34 5 6DAYDREAMER SMPLEDRECIIOWS 123456SEQUENCESChild learning disabilities because of dentine lead Ujnabu to follow-1cumulates to more critical levels, the child maysuffer severe central nervous system damageincluding brain damage, cerebral palsy andmental retardation. Although lead poisoningcontrol programs established in the 1970s havevirtually eliminated deaths due to lead poison¬ing, recent medical research indicates thateven lead levels currently considered normalare associated with some of the developmentalproblems listed above.The good news is that lead poisoning is apreventable disease, and detection proceduresare relatively simple and inexpensive. Earlydetection not only prevents learning problemsand avoids the more serious consequences oflead poisoning, it also saves money for parentsand taxpayers alike. Medical care for just onelead poisoned child can cost approximately$6,000. One problem standing in the way ofmore significant inroads in the battle to endlead poisoning is the fact that recent budgetcuts at the national level have reduced fundingfor lead poisoning control programs-by 25%.At this time there is a student group forminghere whose goal is to develop a comprehensivelead poisoning screening program for childrenin our neighboring communities. To these ends,the group is working irv conjunction with the Woodlawn Maternal and Child Health Center aswell as with various community and churchgroups in the area. Student volunteers areneeded to participate in many of the variousfunctions of the group. These functions wouldinclude;- screening of children in their homesand/or in church or community centers- the development of educational mate¬rial to accompany health education pre¬sentations that will be provided- the development of a program thatassures the identification and eliminationof the sources of the childs lead ex¬posure which would involve work withthe Department of Health and with land¬lords in violation of housing codes per¬taining to lead poisoningThis type of work provides the student withreal "hands-on" experience, and would bequite helpful for people interested in pursuingcareers in public policy, law, and medicine aswell as in many other fields.The Project to End Lead Poisoning will havea student representative available at StudentActivities Night to answer questions and toprovide interested students with an opportunityto sign up to join the project. See you then.123456L!XYOVERALLFUNCTIONING back down from its real estate policy.Meanwhile students and neighborhood resi¬dents daily sat-in and were arrested at Univer¬sity Realty Management. As the protestors werehauled away in police paddywagons, demon¬strators outside walked picket lines and sang"We Shall Overcome.” Under the threat ofstudent suspensions CORE and the protestingstudents abandoned their sit-in and agreed withthe University to set up a housing board toinvestigate complaints. In the South the Free¬dom riders were battling the barriers of JimCrow; in Hyde Park too segregation did noteasily fall.The University by 1970 had largely suc¬ceeded in creating the Hyde Park that iwanted. The renewal plans were nearly completed and i.ideed the neighborhood had become an "integrated community of high standards.” The community was much quietermore expensive to live in, and more set apartfrom the greater South Side; it continues to bea largely multi-racial interesting neighborhoodthat is a good place to live. But the price for thetransformation had been exceedingly—andunnecessarily—high both in dollars and in hu¬man sufferingBy this time the neighborhood had also foundthat it had a new set of problems whichcontinue to plague it. Hyde Park feels itselfalone and continues to fear the rest of theSouth Side. The money that tore down andrebuilt this community was not available to theBlack and then politically-weak neighborhoodsof Oakland, Washington Park, and WoodlawnAs inner-city problems intensified in these sur¬rounding neighborhoods, Hyde Park felt furtherisolated.The Maroon in 1967 published its first ac¬counts of what was to become the increasinglyserious problem of Security harrassment ofBlack students on campus. The complainingstudents charged that they were continuouslystopped and asked for identification and thatthey were not treated respectfully by UniversityPolice. In a comment that foreshadows theattitude of administrators to this problem today(see "BGF Speaks Out” in this issue) DeanWarner Wick replied to the students that theymust expect such treatment because “99% ofthe purse snatchings and assaults that occuraround the University are committed by Neg¬roes. It’s only natural that Negroes are viewedwith suspicion by the police.” Relations be¬tween the University and its Black students arefurther strained by the shameful fact thatBlacks currently make up only 3% of enroll¬ment, and have even less representationamong faculty.The University and the SECC are still firmlyin control of what happens in Hyde Park andremain committed to the renovation of high-price housing like the Windemere apartmentbuilding near the lake, and to the destruction ofcheaper housing like the recently torn downPlaisance apartments at 60th and Stony Island.Currently the SECC is involved in complex legalmaneuvers and support for neighbors' groupsin an continued effort to block public-financedhousing in Kenwood. Interestingly enough aproject to renovate a large apartment buildingfor section-8 subsidized housing at the cornerof 47th and Woodlawn was approved andconstruction has begun despite powerful op¬position from the SECC.The lingering problems of low-income hous¬ing, harassment of Black students, and eventhe University's intransigent opposition todivestment of its holding in South Africa (see"The Current State of Divestment” in thisissue) point out that the school can never be aswithdrawn from the world and the South Sideas it would like to be. Despite the "success” ofurban renewal the University of Chicago hasnot been able to isolate itself from the back¬yards that it tried to separate itself from.(Anjali Fedson and Curtis Black both deservethanks for the research and materials neces¬sary for this article. For further reading Makingthe Second Ghetto by Arnold R Hirsch isabsolutely indispensible for understandingChicago and Hyde Park urban renewal; I haveborrowed many quotes and statistics from thisbook Also see the various articles by CurtisBlack in the Grey City Journal and Haymarket,Report on Student Housing and the Commu¬nity” a report prepared for the University ofChicago Student Government in 1977, andback issues of the Maroon.)14—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALJust one annual fee of $50.00brings you all the benefits of theStudent Budget Account. 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Zo, iyorSDS organized a rally in front of theAdministration Building jan 25, 1967SOWETO UPRISING July 16, 1976MURDER OF STEVEN BIKOSept. 12, 1977Action Committee on South Africaformed.Oct. 1977The Trustees vote unanimously tocontinue investing in corporationsand banks doing business in SA.Feb. 9, 1978A petition with 2,400 signatures sentto the Trustees demanding divest¬ment.April 2, 1978Rally at the Administration Buildingwith an ANC speaker Apri, 13, 1978Action Committee pickets PresidentGray's inauguration. Oct. 6, 1978 Action Committee forum on divest¬ment in Mandel Hall. 800 attendFeb 27, 1979Student Government Elections, Aresolution for divestment passes 496-419.April 24, 1979University Treasurer, Mary Petrie, re¬fuses to divulge information aboutUofC votes at shareholder meetingson proxy resolutions concerning SA.April 24, 1979Free South Africa Committee formed.Oct. 24, 1981Third World Political Forum formedby students from Roosevelt, Loyolaand UofC, on the twentieth an¬niversary of the founding of Umk-honto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation- the Military wing of the AfricanNational Congress).Dec. 16, 1981MASSIVE AUTO STRIKES 10,000BLACK AND MIXED RACE WORK¬ERS OUTJuly 15, 1982NATIONAL PARTY PROPOSESFOWER-SHARING WITH ASIANSAND COLOREDSJuly 31, 1982AnU-Apartheid Student Allianceformed. March, 1983UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONTFORMED FROM OVER 600 VOL¬UNTARY ORGANIZATIONSAug. 20, 1983BLACKS BOYCOTT LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 20% NA¬TIONAL TURNOUT 10.3% IN SOW-—^ I hi n A DCTnW/MCarol Mosely Brown, US Congress-woman, calls for divestment in anOBS forum.Jan. 25, 1984NATIONAL STATE OFDECLARED EMERGENCYSept- 1984Prexy Nesbitt CIDSa and Fred DubeANC speak on divestment and eventsin South Africa. (Ida Noyes)AASA Conference on Apartheid andRacism.Ad Hoc Committee for a Free SouthAfrica formed. Anri I Oft IQfl.ftJohn Comaroff speaks on "Politics inSouth Africa” (International House)Maroon/Grey City Journal suspendregular publication in lieu of a"Divest Now” poster and a letterfrom the Ad Hoc Committee callingfor divestment.May 10, 1985Student Government Assemblyunanimously adopts a resolution fordivestment and endorsing the Ad HocCommittee.May 1985Petition Drive, 3500 Signatures de¬livered to President Gray’s office atthe end of demonstration.May 7-22, 1985350 rally to "End Racism at Homeand Abroad”.May 22, 1985Jesse Jackson speaks to 500 at second Rally. June 7, 1985PRESS RESTRICTIONS DECLARED ^National Day of Action AgainstApartheid Rally (Mam Quad). Forthree days before the demonstrationRally, Teach-in and Panel Discussionwith President Gray, Jennifer DavisACOA, Fred Dube ANC, Neo Mnum-zama ANC delegate to the UN.Oct. 22, 1985Lucia Hamutenyaon campus. of SWAPO speaksNov. 15, 1985Midwestern Student Conferenceaqainst Racism and Apartheid (IdaFaculty for Divestment *rom SA in¬itiate a series of dorm talks aboutapartheid and politics in SA. Dec. 1985Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks atRockefeller Chapel, afterwards sixtypeople march to the AdministrationBuilding and up to the lobby of Pres¬ident Gray's office to demand a pub¬lic hearing from the trustees.Jan. 24, 1986UofC Coalition for Divestmentfounded by FDSA, TWPF, AASA andACFSA.Feb. 4, 1986MPLA representative speaks on An-aola soonsored bv TWPF.AASA and Black students conferenceon Direct Aid to SWAPO and theANC. (Chicago State University) Feb. 8, 1986 Letter from the coalition is sent to thesecretary of the trustees asking f0r ameeting.Feb. 18-19, 198655 people picket the trustee's meet¬ing. (Goodspeed Hall) Feb. 20,1986Conference on Women in the ThirdWorld speakers include JeanetteNdloou, ANC Women’s section.Mar 8, 1986Petition to the administration to con¬vene the Faculty Senate to considerdivestment (the first time in seven¬teen years) with 150 signatories 40more than needed.100 vigil against University Securityharassment of blacks and other mi¬norities; organized by Black GraduateForum.Mar. 1986Conference on Namibia sponsoredby TWPF (Purdue University!April 19-20, 1986Faculty Senate Meeting on Divest¬ment ends with a vote fnr divestmentby those attending organized byFDSA. (Mandel Hall) April 29, 1986South Africa Film Series; 7 doc¬umentaries shown on apartheidMay-June, 1986Fundraising party for the ANC Sol¬omon Mahlangu Freedom College inTanzania medical supplies sent inJune with the money raised spon¬sored by TWPF. May 9,1986Picket of IBM HeadquartersMay 22, 1986Picket of trustee’s Meeting by 60June 12, 1986THE CURRENT STATE OF DIVESTMENTby Miles MendenhallAs in South Africa we may not have won yet,but we are not defeated. A great deal has beendone to further the goals of getting the Univer¬sity of Chicago to sell its holdings in banks andcorporations doing business in South Africaand informing the university community aboutits complicity in apartheid. Yet the divestmentmovement has so far failed to accomplish itsprimary goal. In two major campaigns (seechronology) activists have brought the case foreconomic sanctions against the regime inSouth Africa before the public and have sus¬tained the effort to aid the fight for economicand political justice in that country.The Faculty Senate meeting last spring (thefirst since the late sixties) ended with a 163-111vote for divestment and 90-171 against theresolution to maintain the status quo of powerrelations between the faculty, administrationand trustees. A subsequent mail ballot resultedin an unfavorable vote 275-319 on the resolu¬tion for divestment, the status-quo resolutionfailed 280-284! Luckily for those seeking an endto apartheid others in the world are not assheepish as the faculty of the U of C.The University of California regents, at therequest of the governor of the state, voted tosell 3.5 billion dollars of South African con¬nected holdings at one quarter per year. TheCA legislature voted to divest 11.5 billion fromthe state pension fund. That institutions, whichhave resisted, even ignored, public pressure forat least ten years, should suddenly reversethemselves, is a sign off at least three things;first, the perseverance and efforts of anti-apartheid activists; second, the recognition onthe part of politicians and bureaucrats of thegrim realities in South Africa, and last, thepolitical ambitions of a conservative republicanincumbent who will face a popular Black mayorin the fall election. Whatever the reasons, thedecisions to divest in CA are major steps in theprocess of undercutting apartheid.These moves are parallel to the growingsanctions movement in the West. Reagan re¬newed his token restrictions on trade to SouthAfrica for another year and faces a bill whichcalls for a ban on imports of gold coins, iron,steel, coal, uranium and textiles as well asfurther US investment in South Africa. Thepressure in the British Commonwealth for puni¬tive trade embargoes increased significantlythis summer with the report of the EminentPersons Group. Prime Minister Thatcher hasagreed to join in any concerted effort on thepart of the US, Japan and the EuropeanEconomic Community for sanctions againstSouth African racism. The EEC has just agreedto embargoes of steel and gold and furtherinvestment, stopping short of not buying coal.Reverend Leon Sullivan, whose “principles"are the favorite of those arguing the US in¬vestments are a “progressive, even subversive,force in South Africa” (H. Gray, 5/13/85),reiterated his deadline, 5/31/87, for the elimina¬ tion of apartheid. If apartheid still exists on thatdate, he will make good his threat to call for hiscurrent 3 billion in promised economic with¬drawals. He hopes to have 10 billion in guar¬anteed disinvestment by the time of the dead¬line. Further US corporate withdrawals areexpected as seen by the recent decision byCoca-Cola to sell all of its South African hold¬ings as a sign of protest.President Gray, and other critics of thedivestment movement, have argued explicitly orimplicitly against sanctions in at least threebasic ways.She claims that economic withdrawals willprimarily harm those who already suffer themost in South Africa, poor Blacks. While this is,on the surface, a plausible criticism, it ignoresthe realities of life in South Africa. Westerninvestment does not benefit the masses ofBlack workers who are given minuscule wageswhile whites experience one of the higheststandards of living in the world. (Not to mentionworking conditions re: the recent mine disasterwith five whites and 172 Blacks dead.) Rather,that investment serves to sustain the status quoand prevents the development off a moreequitable distribution of wealth. South Africanopponents of apartheid have consistently ex¬pressed a willingness to suffer temporarily, if itled to fundamental change. There is no evi¬dence to suggest that western capital is abenefit to exploited Blacks, on the contrary itserves to bolster the regime which denies themfundamental political and human rights.The latest claim for resisting demands todivest is that the University is “politically neu¬tral” and would lose its atmosphere of freeinquiry and discussion if it bowed to partisanpolitical pressure. It is hard to believe that anall-emcompassing blanket of political neutralitywould effect decisions concerning, let us sup¬pose, research into the moral justification of theholocaust. And the argument is beside thepoint. What is at stake is not the “atmosphere"of the university but rather the actions that itengages in. The University is not independentof the role it plays in the larger world and one ofthe things at stake in its investment policies isthat role.What really underlies the conflict over dives¬tment is what underlies most conflicts; powerWhat President Gray and the trustees aresaying, by refusing to seriously entertain thepossibility of divestment, is that the financialdecisions at this institution are the prerogativeof those at the top of the hierarchy and arenone of the public's business If they were toacquiesce to demands from outside their innercircles of power, it would open them up to theinfluence of those who have not benefited fromthe policies of the University. While the debateover divestment is based upon ethical andhistorical arguments, this issue on campusseriously questions how responsive this privateinstitution is to public influenceCritics from the campus community have accused the divestment movement of self¬involvement to the exclusion of other issues.However, most of the organizers of and partic¬ipants in divestment politics here are alsoinvolved with anti-nuclear, anti-intervention inCentral America, feminist, anti-racist and othercritical movements. Another popular mis¬conception is that those calling for divestmentare mere liberals assuaging guilty consciences.Few if any anW-apartheid activists feel anyresponsibility for apartheid in South Africa.Most simply find it abhorrent and wish tocontribute, in whatever way available to theeffort to eliminate it.Some popular misconceptions are due tomistakes on the part of divestment organizers.It is difficult given limited resources to commu¬nicate to everyone the details of why somedecisions are made. In general the work ofcalling for divestment takes place in meetingswhich are open to anyone interested in theby David PostDespite the wave of campus conservatismsweeping the nation, students at the Universityof Chicago remain active in progressive politics.With the deepening US involvement in CentralAmerica, Chicago students have become in¬creasingly concerned with educating them¬selves about US Latin American policy and,occasionally, with changing it. The U of Cgroup coordinating these efforts since 1980 isCAUSE (Committee Assembled to Unite inSolidarity with El Salvador). Originally foundedwhen its primary preoccupation was with thedeterioration of human rights in El Salvador,CAUSE has shifted its focus to the escalatingUS Army and CIA involvement in Nicaragua, acountry already occupied by US troops onby Sahotra SarkarPolitical action will continue on campus earlyin the fall as the University of Chicago Coalitionfor Divestment (UCCD) resumes its campaignto force the University to divest itself of all itsholdings in banks and corporations that dobusiness in apartheid South Africa. The Coali¬tion was launched last year by three organiza¬tions: The Action Committee for a Free SouthAfrica (ACFSA), the Faculty for Divestment fromSouth Africa (FDSA), and the Third WorldPolitical Forum (TWPF), and has since growninto a coalition of all individuals and organiza¬tions committed to divestment. It holds regularmeetings which are always open to new mem¬bers, and more information can be found bycalling Miles Mendenhall (924-1036). All itsactivities will also be announced in the GreyCity Journal. Black students interested ir or¬ganizing against apartheid and more immedi¬ately against harassment on campus are urgedto contact the Organization of Black Students(OBS) and the Black Graduate Forum (BGF)throughout the Student Activities Office in IdaNoyes Hall. Students interested in joining theAnti-Apartheid Student Alliance (AASA), a city¬wide network, can also contact OBS.The Action Committee will continue to pre¬sent educational events on campus aboutapartheid and racism. This group is part of the issue. Those who are willing to help with thework of contacting people, putting out leaflets,organizing events, raising money and writingletters and articles are especially welcome.There are several untried options to press fordivestment which have been discussed inmeetings but which for various reasons (timing,lack of resources, higher priorities) have notbeen carried out. A boycott of Alumni gifts tothe University, and placement of any forthcom¬ing gifts in an escrow account to be releasedafter full divestment, has been proposed quiteoften, but the money and time to properlyorganize such an effort has not been available.Singling out specific corporations and trusteeshas been discussed but has yet to be effec¬tively done. Also, actions stronger than rallyingand picketing have been talked about but notcarried out due to an emphasis on negotiationover confrontation.As things stand now, the plans to continuetrying to get the U of C to sever its ties tobusinesses involved in apartheid are open andsubject to influence by anyone who wishes tohelp. The Coalition for Divestment will beholding meetings fall quarter.several occasions during this century. CAUSEorganizes University events, such as last year'svisit by Noam Chomsky and the public debatesof previous years. It also serves as the primarylink for students to neighborhood and city-wideactivities. For example, a welcoming receptionfor Guatemalan political refugees, to be givensanctuary in the University Church (57th andUniversity), is now being planned for Sep¬tember 9. On October 25 Chicago will partici¬pate in one of many nationally coordinateddemonstrations, and CAUSE will have buseschartered from Ida Noyes Hall to the FederalPlaza (sign up at student activities night, orwatch the Maroon for details). Meetings, opento all students, are held Thursday evenings,7:30, in Ida Noyes.Coalition for Divestment and can be contactedthrough the Student Activities Office. The ThirdWorld Political Forum consists of individualsinterested in Third World Politics and cultureand in promoting democracy, socialism, andsecularism in the Third World. Events plannedfor this year include forums on Angola, Gren¬ada, Nicaragua, and South Africa. The Forumalso plans to continue programs of direct aid tothe African National Congress (ANC) and theSouth West Africa Peoples' Organization(SWAPO) of Namibia. It draws its membersfrom several universities around the midwestand can be reached through the Student Ac¬tivities Office.CAUSE, the Committee Assembled in Unityand Solidarity with El Salvador, will continue toprotest the Reagan Administration policies inCentral America and will conduct lectures andevents throughout the year Events planned byCAUSE include a rally on October 25th andsupport for a Guatemalan refugee family inHyde Park as part of the Nationwide SanctuaryMovement CAUSE, too, can be contactedthrough the Student Activities Office Studentsfor Nuclear Disarmament (SND), reachedthrough the same office, will continue to holdregular meetings and give presentationsagainst the continuing arms race. In particular itwill organize against Strategic Defense Initiative(SDI) research presently conducted on campusChicago Tribune. Friday, August 29, 1986JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mass funerals frequently have beenprohibited because they often becomeforums for anti-apartheid protests. 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When African-Americanstudents at the University of Chicago are askedto advise new students, we praise the Univer¬sity for the excellence of its libraries andresearchers and for the inter-disciplinary natureof its programs of study. However, even at ourmost persuasive, we are forced to mention thepaucity of African-American students and in¬structors at the University of Chicago, and theextent of the University's investments inapartheid. We point out that the Universitylacks Afro-American and African studies pro¬grams. Nor can we deny the persistent hostilityof the University security force towards theAfrican-American in general. The impressionfrom these facts is unmistakable; the Universityis a hard place in which to survive.The reputation of “the Windy City” is toowell established for us to prevaricate, howeverat the University another sort of coldness isgaining fame. It is all too well known thatAfrican-Americans are suffering daily humili¬ation at the hands of the University securityforce. African-American students and staff havebeen surrounded in the library, threatened,shouted at, blinded by police car headlights,and beaten—ironically with the professed intentof being “protected.”(Editor’s note: Mark Graham, Director ofSecurity acknowledged in a Reader article (7118/86) that a police officer was engaged in a“wrongdoing” and was subsequently sus¬pended for 30 days. However when the GreyCity Journal called him, he denied that theincident ever occured.)Members of the University community wit¬ nessing such incidents have expressed shock,yet the University security officials have deniedthe existence of a problem.African-American students have filed nu¬merous grievances, however none have beenacted upon or resolved to their satisfaction.African-Americans in a white-controlled en¬vironment are often accustomed to arbitrarytreatment by police officers, or too frightened tospeak up irntnediately. A few students haveeven been duped into conceeding to the racistcomments of the Assistant Director of SecurityLee Caldwell, that in a neighborhood wheremost crime is commiteed by Blacks, Blackstudents should expect to be stopped, andeven more they should accept it. Only if weaccept such prejudiced aggression by the Uni¬versity police toward African-Americans as“acceptable” behavior should such a viewmerit any discussion. Under the presumptionthat member of the security force are intelligentmen and women, we refuse to accept theirchiefs’ insinuation that our Blackness makes usreasonable targets of suspicion or discourtesy.Indeed, could such an explanation be acceptedin a black neighborhood by white students.The case of Paul Hardy signalizes our deep¬est reservations and fears in relation to theUniversity. This case calls to our attention theawesome power of false accusation and pros¬ecution. One white woman’s doubtful witnessidentification, nearly a week after an allegedcrime, sufficed to land a well-respected African-American graduate student in jail. Neitherscholar nor layman would rely on such testi¬mony in so risky a situation, especially sinceDean Suhrcke reports that she was with Paul atthe time of the alleged crime. The remarkablefacts are that the Assistant Director of Securitywas willing to participate in the prosecution ofsuch a flimsy case and that he bears sufficientmalice and prejudice in the case to comparethe accused to “Leopold and Loeb.” It is alsoremarkable that the University should allow thepolice to incarcerate overnight a student who is evidently innocent. Paul is scheduled to go ontrial this month. The African-American commu-bity at the University of Chicago is not onlyperplexed but frightened and bitter. Who will goto jail next? We wonder, and so do our mothersand fathers.We are reminded of the state of affairs inAzania (The Republic of Souther Africa) wherepeople are forced to carry passes. However,the pass laws of the South African governmentare only one of many inhuman acts committedagainst the African people. The people ofsouthern Africa are forced to suffer emotionallyand physically from day to day because per¬ceptions and action of a few whites has ren¬dered them to a state of deprivation. Whenquestioned about the University’s investmentsin the apartheid regime the response is thesame as that received by African-Americanstudents regarding our plight. The Universityhas continued to make investmnts in theapartheid regime of South Africa because itdoes not perceive that such investments are aproblem.Insofar as the humanity of African-Americanstudents remains a fact without doubt ratherthan a faithful goal and practice of the Univer¬sity, the University will continue to lose topBlack candidates to other universities, and wewill continue to fight for what is rightfully ours.The extraordinarily high attrition rate of African-American students here demonstrates that wecan and will offer our gifts elsewhere. TheUniversity has consistently refused to ade¬quately acknowledge the presence of African-American students on this campus. Consequ¬ently, there has been no serious effort to offsetthe above mentioned difficulties that we con¬front on an everyday basis. We have not andcannot grow accustomed to the arbitrarytreatment by the University, yet it is evident thatthe University is unwilling to pursue serious andlasting solutions to the present state of affairs.In the past we have met. eaten breakfastwith, pleaded, discussed, and written letter to the administration concerning the elimination ofthis ignominious state of affairs. The responseof the Administration has been to act as if theproblem does not exist. It is our opinion that theUniversity can and should act to find a solutionto these problems. And, we hope that theUniversity will apply the greatest of its powersto this end.For African-American students the only wayto survive in this hostile environment is throughunion with the University community, and thelarger community of the South Side of ChicagoWe cannot ignore the connection between theUniversity’s treatment of us, and its treatmentof the community. We cannot ignore the factthat one of the biggest employers on the SouthSide of Chicago, is placing on the streetsdozens of African-American men and womenwhose only offense is working for the PlantDepartment. We cannot ignore the doublestandard in the Security Department as well.Here on the South Side. African-American se¬curity officers have little opportunity for ad¬vanced training and decent assignments All ofus must remember the stigma of racism.Racism is the inability to judge a person by thecontent of his or her character. And suchracism is active at the University of ChicagoWe must therefore realize that all of those faceslooking in from the surrounding community areour faces.The following is a summary of the list ofdemand the Black Graduate Forum (BGF) andthe Organization of Black Students (OBS) havemade to the University:1) The creation of an Office of African-American Student Affairs2) The creation of a Security Review Board3) The Dismissal of Mark Graham and LeeCaldwell, members of University Security.4) Investigation of the Dean of Students Officeand its actions.in the case of Paul Hardy.5) An immediate end to the University’s sup¬port of the insidious apartheid regime of theRepublic of South Africa,by Sheila RalstonSexual harassment is a problem of increas¬ing concern to universities nationwide. Sexualharassment is now unequivocally recognized asa form of sex discrimination, leading educatorsto be concerned about the detrimental effectsexual harassment can have on a student’sability to grow and excel in the universityenvironment. The University of Chicago's ownpolicy was formulated only four years ago,following a student's complaint of sexual har¬assment by a professor. Sexual harassment isnot rampant at the U of C, but it does happen,and often victims are unsure of themselves andof what they can or should do to stop theharassment. Policy is not enough to dispel themyths and anxieties surrounding the issue:students need to be better informed about thereality of sexual harassment and about howthey can deal with it effectively when it happensto them.Sexual harassment is not easy to define; it isnot always specific actions or words but ratherthe conditions they serve to impose on a victimwhich can be defined as harassing. The 1980amendment to Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of1964 offers the following criteria for definingsexual harassment:Unwelcome sexual advances, re¬quests for sexual favors, and otherverbal or physical conduct of a sexualnature constitute sexual harassmentwhen (1) submission to such conduct ismade either explicitly or implicitly a termor condition of an individual’s employ¬ment (2) submission to or rejection ofsuch conduct by an individual is used asthe basis for employment decisions af¬fecting such individual, or (3) such con¬duct has the purpose or effect of un¬reasonably interfering with an in¬dividual’s work performance or creatingan intimidating, hostile, or offensiveworking environment. (Sexual harass¬ment is also a form of sex discriminationin education, having been found in viola¬tion of Title 9 of the 1972 EducationAmendments in 1977.)While the first two parts of this definition dealwith the kind of incident commonly recognizedas sexual harassment, the latter part is some¬what more nebulous and may be more con-cretly understood by discussing how sexualharassment can disrupt relationships betweenstudents and faculty, administration, residencestaff, etc., and with other students.Students at the University of Chicago areencouraged to develop individual relationshipswith faculty members, advisors, residence staff,and other University officials who deal directlywith students, because such relationships canbe invaluable to the student in more clearlydefining and realizing academic and personalgoals at the University Often, students findthese sorts of relationships to be the mostrewarding aspects of their experience here.Yet, when do such relationships become toopersonal? The power differential between stu¬dents and persons in positions of institutional DISARMINGauthority necessarily distorts to some extenteven the most informal relationship betweenthe two. Representatives of the University,regardless of how they present themselvesindividually, have all the authority and respon¬sibility that their positions imply, and this lendsa heightened impact to their behavior whenthey are dealing with students. The kinds ofsexual joking, flirtation, and innuendo whichmay be acceptable among co-equals can beembarrassing, offensive, and intimidating whenpresented to a student by an authority figure.For the same reasons, students do not have thesame freedom of choice when propositioned, orinvited to lunch or a late-night meeting by, forexample, a professor as they would if the sameinvitations had been made by someone whodoes not assign their grades, whose approvalthey are not so eager to win, and whoseattention they are not so flattered to have won,even when such invitations are presented in anon-coercive manner. While appropriate be¬havior within any relationship must always bedetermined by the individuals involved, andconsensual sexual relationships between stu¬dents and faculty or University officials are notand should not be prohibited, persons in posi¬tions of power need to be cautious in theirtreatment of students, and likewise studentsneed to be aware of their rights as individualsand of the University’s intolerance of abuses ofpower in this regard, so that they need notsubmit unnecessarily to behavior they findharassing.Sexual harassment by a fellow student canbe as serious as that by a faculty member orUniversity official in its effects on the victim, butis much more difficult to discuss because thereis not an inequality of power between studentsand because sexual interaction is a normal andexpected part of student relationships. In¬cidents such as actual or threatened rape,persecution of a student because of his or hersexual orientation, and persistent or particularlyoffensive unwanted sexual attention, verbal orphysical, are all examples of the kinds of sexualharassment which can occur between students,and indeed have occurred, at this and otherinstitutions. Students may not have any actualpower over one another, but the frequentinteraction between students, especially amongfellow dorm residents or class members, andthe lack of perception, both by the victim andby the harasser, that peers should have anyparticular responsibility to limit their behaviortowards one another, can make sexual har¬assment from a fellow student especially per¬sistent, unavoidable, and frustrating in that thevictim may not feel that he or she has any rightto complain.The effects of sexual harassment can beserious enough to impair an individual’s abilityto function well here as a student, and it ismainly for this reason that sexual harassment isconsidered a form of sex discrimination. A THE ENEMYstudent who is harassed by any person in¬volved in student services will no longer seekout that individual to aid in solving problemsand thus will not have the benefit that otherstudents do of association with such a person.A student who is harassed by a professor will inthe same way avoid conferences with him orher, will no longer feel comfortable or askquestions in that person's class, and may betreated differently than other students in grad¬ing, recommendations, etc. A student who isbeing harassed by another student may want toleave a dorm or drop a class in which contactwith the harasser is unavoidable In any case,students may find sexual harassment to beemotionally upsetting enough to impair theirability to concentrate on coursework. Overall,the victim of sexual harassment experiencesthe University environment as hostile, in¬timidating, and inhibiting, rather than as oneconducive to personal and intellectual growth. Itis in these ways that sexual harassment can actto impair equal access to the education andhousing provided by the University.However, the effects of sexual harassmentcan go far beyond those involving academicperformance. Victims of sexual harassmentfrequently assume that the harassment must somehow be their own fault, that they musthave somehow invited or deserved the behav¬ior. and so respond to harassment not by takingeffective measures to stop the harassment orlearning to cope with it. but rather by searchingtheir own previous behavior, character, andconscience for the flaws which must havebrought on the harassment The self-doubt andconfusion experienced by such persons canhave long-term effects: victims of sexual har¬assment may experience a lowered self¬esteem, begin to feel guilty about their ownsexual desires, alter their dress and way ofpresenting themselves in general, or becomeinhibited or suspicious in sexual relationshipsand in relationships with other people in gen¬eral.It is in fact often true that a harasser’s choiceof a victim is not entirely random, but this is forvery different reasons and has very differentimplications than is commonly assumed Any¬one acquainted with even a few persons whohave experienced sexual harassment will noticethat those people tend to be non-assertive.lacking in self-esteem, and easily manipulatedThey may give the impression of being un¬sophisticated. or perhaps may feel confused orguilty about their own sexuality. Such personsare particularly vulnerable to the kind of harasser who uses sexual harassment to easeinsecurities, express hostility against a par¬ticular person or sex or class or race, or tomanipulate or coerce another into sexual ac¬tivity. However, what this implies is not that acertain type of person “invites’’ sexual har¬assment, but that many harassers do in at leastsome dim way know exactly what they aredoing, and choose as a victim someone whoseems unlikely to oppose them.Of course, it is often true that sexual har¬assment occurs not as a result of maliciousintentions but rather misunderstanding or mis¬interpretation of signals on the part of theharasser Indeed, this type of harassment isalmost to be expected at a university like the Uof C, where the student population comprisessuch a wide variety of social, religious, andnational backgrounds, and at a time when theroles of the sexes and their proper relation toone another remains so undefined Nonethe¬less. sexual harassment is always the har-asser's "fault,” even if for the above reasonswe find it inappropriate to attach any kind ofmoral blame to his or her actions. Wheneversexual harassment occurs, under whatever cir¬cumstances, it is the harasser s behavior, notthe victim's, which is causing the problem, andthus it is the harasser's behavior which must becorrected Blaming the victim serves only toperpetuate sexual harassment; protecting theharasser prevents him or her from learning howto deal respectfully with othersThere are numerous methods for dealingeffectively with sexual harassment available tothe U of C student. To begin, victims of sexualharassment may find that they can best copewith the harassment simply by talking withfriends about their experiences and gainingemotional support. However, a number of per¬sons within the administration are available tocontinued on page 21GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—19Double yourcopy cents(Limit 50 copies per purchase)Sept. 26-Oct. 3On all self service copyingIt will double our pleasure serving youJUJ/ COPYSwCENTERBookstore Building 970 E. 58th Street or call 5-COPY20—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNAL " “by Irwin Keller and Jonathan KatzIt could very well be that you are reading thisarticle because you've been waiting for fouryears to get out of the house so you could readarticles just like this. Or perhaps you’ve beentossing something around in the back of yourmind for a while, and reading an article on gaylife feels like an important first. Or maybeyou’re gay or lesbian or bisexual and out of thecloset and have been transplanted to Chicagoand are engaged in a desperate search forsigns of life. Or maybe the Grey City Journal isthe only reading material left in the laundromatand this topic was just racy enough to catchyour attention.To all of you, welcome. And please read on.As undoubtedly you have been aware sincelong before your arrival, the University of Chic¬ago is reputed to be a somewhat — shall wesay it — stodgy place, plagued by, or worse,synonymous with, an oppressive conservatism.Be reassured. Though not without its reac¬tionary fringe and its “funny” investments, itsreputation is largely undeserved. As a matter offact, the University of Chicago is among themost comfortable places in the country for gayand lesbian students — at least between thecoasts. There are several reasons for this littlearctic Eden in the midsts of the largely intoler¬ant Midwest. The University is located in theheart of Hyde Park, which has for generationsprided itself on its enlightened outlook andliberal values — and which is in truth more ofan institution than a neighborhood. Internally,the University boasts one of the most active.and visible lesbian and gay communities on anycollege campus, serving to welcome the new¬comer while educating the onlooker. The Uni¬versity also draws such a diverse mix ofcharacters from all over that the word “differ¬ence” loses all objective meaning. And frankly,though we often feel otherwise, this is a uni¬versity that in general listens to its students andresponds to their needs. Because of a student-initiated effort two years ago. the Universitynow officially forbids discrimination on the basisof sexual orientation in all of its activities.If you are thinking about coming out (and weencourage you to do so), there is hardly abetter place to do it. If you’re out already, thiscity and this University hold a variety of en¬tertainments, resources, and organizations ca¬tering to virtually every possible interest.COMING OUTAs a rule, veteran U of Cers, both studentand faculty, are extremely cool about a friend'sor acquaintance’s being gay or lesbian. Someare actively supportive of gay rights, some aresimply pleasantly indifferent. The instances ofsomeone on this campus having a lasting badreaction to learning that someone they know isgay are very rare — it is considered, well, justbad manners.Among new students, one may well find thatthere are those few who have not been ex¬posed (knowingly) to gay people before andmay demonstrate their ignorance with a badreaction. If this is the case, you are not withoutrecourse. Student housing is very sensitive togay/lesbian students. If your roommate in thedorm “can’t handle it,” s/he will be swiftly“handled” into another room. If you want totalk about coming out with others who are inthe process themselves, or with someone whohas already been there, the Gay and LesbianAlliance (GALA) holds a Coming-Out Groupevery Tuesday night at 8 at 5615 S. Woodlawn.The atmosphere is warm and unpressured, thediscussion informal and supportive, and thewhole meeting geared to individual needs. Thefirst meeting of the Coming-Out Group will bethe second Tuesday of the quarter. Coming outis a very individual process — for some slowand painful, for others swift and invigorating.But regardless, honesty is addictive and self¬esteem intoxicating. This may well be an un¬paralleled opportunity to get your first tasteCAMPUS ACTIVITIES, PLACES, EVENTSBe assured, it is certainly possible (and insome cases rather chic) to be openly gay withinthe context of mainstream campus events (rareis the College dance where there are not same-sex couples in attendance). But U of C also hasa large number of activities tailored specificallyto the bisexual, lesbian, or gay student.Besides its weekly Coming-Out Group,(GALA) holds a weekly discussion and socialhour Tuesday nights at 5615 S. Woodlawn. Thediscussion, which covers a broad spectrum ofgay/lesbian political, aesthetic, and social is¬sues, begins at 9 pm followed by the socialhour at 10. Meetings will commence the firstTuesday of the quarter. GALA discussions arealso host to guest speakers on a variety oftopics: gay health issues, legal issues, andrepresentatives of Parents and Friends of Les¬bians and Gays on coming out to your family.GALA also coordinates political activity in sup¬port of gay and lesbian rights, both on campusand in the community at large. Toward theNovember elections, GALA will host a forum forcandidates on issues of concern to the gay andlesbian community.Each quarter, GALA holds a dance, usuallyat Ida Noyes Hall. In the spring quarter of eachyear, GALA sponsors the Lesbian and GayAwareness Fortnight: two weeks of speakers,films, literary and musical events, in addition to OUT AND TURN IT LOOSEsome great parties. For more information, call962-9734, and keep on eye on the Maroonclassifieds.The Law School is home to the Gay andLesbian Law Students Association (GLLSA).Besides hosting potluck brunches twice a quar¬ter, often in conjunction with the Gay andLesbian Grad Group, GLLSA sponsors quar¬terly lectures at the Law School by leadingfigures in the field of gay/lesbian civil rights law.Last year’s talks included an exploration oflesbian custody issues, a discussion of gays inthe military, and an overview of gay rights in thecourts presented by Tom Stoddard, ExecutiveDirector of Lambda Legal Defense and Educa¬tion Fund. In April of 1987, GLLSA will presenta national symposium, the Chicago Conferenceon Sexual Orientation and the Law, an in¬tensive day dealing with the legal rights of gayand lesbian people, designed for the law stu¬dent and layperson alike. For more informationon GLLSA or the Gay and Lesbian Grad Group,call 493-9264.The University, though, does not hold amonopoly on student gay life. Still within HydePark, the Church of the Resurrection Metropol¬itan Community Church (MCC) is a non-denominational Christian congregation, cater¬ing to the gay/lesbian community. For moreinformation phone 327-6158, (TTY) 493-7151.Additionally, students are invited to gather onan informal basis at Jimmy’s Woodlawn Tap onThursday nights after 10 pm for gay socializingoutside of the university setting. And of course,maintaining the long established tradition, thefourth floor of Regenstein library still mysteri¬ously boasts a remarkably high concentration ofgay folk.CHICAGOFor those who can manage some time be¬tween the books (and all of you really should),the gay community of Chicago offers a myriadof activities, resources, and organizations. Wecan only mention a few here, but it behooveseveryone to pick up a copy of Chicago’s gay/lesbian newspaper, Windy City Times, andcheck out the full organizational listings WindyCity comes out (so to speak) every Thursdayand is available (a mere few days later) in thenewspaper bins in the foyers of Regenstein andthe University Bookstore, as well as in theentrance of the Chalet at Lake Park and 53rdStreet. Besides covering major gay news inpolitics and the arts, every other week thereappears a full page listing of virtually everyacademic, service, religious, professional,sports, musical, political, and couseling groupserving the gay/lesbian community. On the offweeks, there is a full page listing of bars andentertainment in the city. Also on alternateweeks. Windy City publishes a special EntreNous pull-out section of news and featuresspecifically of interest to women.The Gay and Lesbian Horizons Switchboard929-HELP, is open from 7 -11 every night, andprovides counseling, information and referralsfor medical, legal, and psychological assist¬ance.Chicago's nightlife is, well, not New York, butquite a decent showing nonetheless. Completelistings of bars and events can be found in GayChicago Magazine, available at all gay andlesbian bars in the city. The most populardancing and socializing spots at the hour of thiswriting are probably Paris Dance (mostlywomen), Christopher Street (mostly men), andBerlin (mixed). Bars and discos fall in and outof favor rapidly, so the best advice is to simplyexplore, ask recommendations of friends, orstick with that old standby and count the cars inthe parking lot.Serving more literary interests, Chicago’sblessed with two well-stocked bookstores cater¬ing to a largely gay and lesbian clientele as wellas an archive library practically unequalled inthe country. Unabridged Books has large gayand lesbian sections, childrens books, as well as more general bookstore fare. Women andChildren First specializes in vast quantities ofmaterial for — you guessed it — women andchildren, including much of interest to lesbians.The Gerber-Hart Library, located across thestreet from the Rodde Gay and Lesbian Com¬munity Center at 3238 N. Sheffield holds,among other things, back copies of newslettersand homophile journals reaching back to theforties. Hours are irregular, so call ahead: 883-3003.POLITICSChicago politics are, as you probably alreadyknow, the most popular contact sport in town.But within the gay and lesbian communitybemusement has turned to anger as the CityCouncil, after sitting on a Gay Civil RightsOrdinance for seven years, voted over¬whelmingly against it. Word was out that themeasure would probably have passed hadCardinal Bernardin kept his word — and hismouth shut — and avoided a very publiccondemnation of the measure. The ordinancewould have added sexual orientation to the listof protected categories under City law.The effort to win passage of this legislation isby no means dead, and paradoxically, thedefeat has served to unite and catalyze whatis prpbably, demographically speaking, themost diverse gay community in the country. Inaddition to grassroots efforts to elect one of ourown as alderman for a heavily gay New Townward, gays are also gearing up to, in the wordsof one community leader, “remember ourfriends and punish our enemies.” In spite of thefact that Chicago has the third largest gaypopulation of any city in the country, gaypolitical power here is in its relative infancy. Butthe extremely sympathetic administration ofMayor Washington coupled with this new ac¬tivism in the community promise to show arecalcitrant City Council that the basic civilrights of over 350,000 citizens cannot bedenied for long. University of Chicago GALA,which has long served as a focal point forpolitical organizing on the South Side, willcontinue to work toward passage of the or¬dinance. Please call 493-9264 if you are inter¬ested.HEALTHFor gay and bisexual men in 1986. concernabout one’s health has taken on a much moreconcrete meaning than ever before. In Chicago,there have been 480 recorded cases of AIDSsince 1980, with 257 deaths. Though the epi¬demic has moved into the mainstream, gay andbisexual men still constitute the overwhelmingmajority of persons with AIDS.Not surprisingly, the identification of AIDSwith a minority sexuality has caused a politicalbacklash against the community as a whole(remember the Supreme Court and certainsodomy laws?), and particularly against per¬sons with AIDS, who are subjected to a kind ofvirulent discrimination which no one dealingwith a fatal disease should have to endure.As University of Chicago students, you al¬ready know that AIDS is not easily trans¬ missible. There is virtually no chance of casualtransmission of the disease (that includeshandshakes, saying good morning, waterglasses, toilet seats, or smiles). AIDS can betransmitted, though, by intimate sexual contact,by use of contaminated hypodermic needles,and from mother to child prenatally.Consequently, spread of AIDS can bestopped by means of simple precautions. Safesex is, quite simply, obligatory. Anything else isRussian roulette — and here we re talkingabout both same-sex and heterosexual rela¬tions. Avoiding the exchange of bodily fluids isthe first precaution. Safe sex is neither cum¬bersome nor passionless. It does require acertain consciousness, but it also cultivates acertain creativity. Go for it.A number of pamphlets are available offeringprecise information on the do’s and don’t’s. Ifyou don’t know what safe sex means or areunsure about particular practices, ask first. Callthe AIDS Action Project at 871-5696.Several tests were developed over the pastcouple of years which isolate the AIDS antibodyin the blood, thus signalling some past orcurrent contact with the HTLV-III virus. The testis used to eliminate potentially contaminatedblood from the nation’s blood supply, and toconfirm diagnoses of AIDS and the less severeAIDS-related Complex (ARC). In a person withno symptoms, positive test results are notconclusive proof that one will develop AIDS,and therefore should only be taken after carefulconsideration or after consultation with a phy¬sician. There are very few reasons to take thetest, and many reasons not to. Both thepsychological and potential legal ramificationscould outweigh the benefits of knowing. Acounseling/support group called Passages ex¬ists in Chicago for the express purpose ofdiscussing and working through some of thevery natural fears many people have concern¬ing AIDS and the HTLV-III antibody test. Thegroup can be reached through the HorizonsSwitchboard at 929-HELPThe University Health Service continues tobe exceedingly sensitive and understandingwith regard to gay health issues. Additionally,the Howard Brown Memorial Clinic providescomprehensive health care to the gay malecommunity. Howard Brown Memorial Clinic alsocoordinates the city's services to persons withAIDS, and volunteers are always in demand.Phone 871-5777 for more information.The jury is still out on the latter half of theTwentieth Century. Nonetheless, the gay liber¬ation movement has forever changed the fabricof American society Popular wisdom has it thatuniversities are social laboratories for an Amer¬ica ten years in the future If that is so. we all.gay and straight, have something to look for¬ward to. Much work remains to be done, get ahead start on our future hereGALA’S first fall discussion/social hour isTuesday at 9 pm/10 pm at 5615 south Wood¬lawn Bring yourself.DISARMING THE ENEMYcontinued from page 19informally discuss harassment with victims orconcerned students, and may be able to offervaluable advice about dealing with sexual har¬assment. Students may speak to their residentheads or assistants, advisors, faculty members,any dean of students or academic dean, theStudent Ombudsman, the Office of the Provost,or any other University official who deals di¬rectly with students. Margaret Fallers, the As¬sistant to the Provost (962-7949), who wasinvolved in the formulation of the University’scurrent sexual harassment policy, and AdamGreen, the Assistant to the Dean of Students(962-7773): and a recent graduate of the Col¬lege, have indicated themselves as particularlyinterested in discussing these types of prob¬lems with studentsPersons who wish to take measures to stopthe harassment they are experiencing maychoose to do so by dealing directly with theharasser Some find that responding to sexualharassment in kind or joking with the harassercan serve to disempower him or her; others findthat simply telling the harasser that his or herbehavior is unacceptable can be effective People who are comfortable with directly con¬fronting the harasser may decide instead togive the harasser a letter describing the offend¬ing behavior, explaining why the victim found itoffensive, and asking that the behavior stop.Victims of sexual harassment who find thesemethods uncomfortable or ineffective may wantto have a third party intercede on their behalfStudents who live in housing may speak withtheir resident heads or assistants in pursuingthis option, but should be advised that this isoften a very tricky business, since housing staffwill be acquainted with all parties involved and.due to the sensitive nature of the issue, maynot be entirely neutral in their handling of acomplaint. Otherwise, students may file aformal complaint against the harasser with theUniversity. Any of the University officials men¬tioned above will be able to give informationabout the appropriate steps to take, but thestudent must file the complaint with the dean ofthe College, or the appropriate dean of thedivision or school, or with the Office of theProvost Guidelines for filing a sexual harass¬ment complaint are available at the offices ofthe Student Ombudsman, the academic deans,and the area dean of students, including theDean of Students in the University Complaintswill be investigated confidentially, and no actionwill be taken without the victim’s prior consent. Students who think they may be interested infiling a formal complaint should keep a datedrecord of all incidents that occur, as well asdated copies of any written communicationbetween themselves and the harasser Thisinformation will be helpful in documenting theharassment for the complaint processFinally, students who find the results of theformal complaint process inadequate may wishto pursue the legal options available Actual,attempted, or threatened rape or sexual vio¬lence of any kind are criminal offenses and canbe prosecuted by the State of Illinois in thecnminal courts; other types of sexual harass¬ment are matters of sex discrimination and assuch can be addressed through a civil suitagainst the individual, if appropriate, or againstthe UniversitySexual harassment is not only humiliating,intimidating, and undermining to the victim; it isalso illegal, and the University of Chicagoadministration recognizes a commitment toresolve individual complaints of sexual har¬assment. Victims of sexual harassment neednot feel isolated or powerless, and it is im¬portant that students in general recognize thisproblem and their rights as students in dealingwith it, so that sexual harassment may nolonger be allowed to disrupt people’s lives andeducation here unnecessarily.GRFV CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPI EMBER 26. 1986—21RIENTED 63RD60TH Is v rmt59TH BYGIC•wl ililtlslt?ONDARCANGELO nzt itAn Awkward Crown—Wishing for a dreamy motion picture "life.”My unlife is *hair too long, curling uncontrollably in the heat' until it forms an awkward crown: it wrecks my foreheadMy unfit© is imperfect waistline,chubby cheeks,staring (not acting) at a girl in the library, she’s porcelain—she looks tike——Hold the self-indulgence,cut the crap.Spiffing sentimental endings of moviesjust seeninto your spongy mind.Wringing out the tears—wring 'em baby—for another damn poem—another damn poem whose very existence #... says I’m yearning,burning inside,—yearning, burning, curling uncontrollablylike the second-rate adolescent poetyou’ll never not be—Curling sJowJyin the heat, I know, -until I’ve formed myself Icut cheap winewith staleginger alehoping to avoid the tasteof soured leavesbehind my teethIam remindedof the clutching wayshe held her smokeand dugher fingers into her legto tranquilize herselflfeel warmin the early wintereven though the snowhas buried the window trapand frosted my viewof the city streetIhave forgottenwhy she came that nightbut not the streaksof blackthat outlinedthe creases in her cheekstam not myselfthese daysnot alonebut walkingon the frozen groundthat covers where she steeps.Carole ByrdHOUSE OF ENGPenthouse, The Del Prado1701 E. 53rd Street324-6200CHINESE & AMERICAN FOODElegant Dining at Affordable PricesI ! 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IL 60605341-074810:30-5:00 TUES.-SAT.A Different Stock of 200.000at Each Location There’s only one problem withreligions that have all the answers.They don’t allow questions.If you sometimes have questions about God and the meaning of life,come and join the search for answers in the fellowship of the Episcopal Church.BRENTThe Episcopal Church at the University ot Chicago■ a me cprscuHouse 5540 Sooth MooOiawr Av+num Chtcsgo. IlhnotM 6063 7THURSDAYS AT NOON SUNDAYS AT 5:30 PMBond Chapel § Brent HouseGREY CITY JOURNAL-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—25doesn’t ’’follow the rules” is foolish, or issomehow bringing danger upon themselves,and thus is responsible for any difficulty theymight encounter. It’s just the same old “she-was-asking-for-it” scam, and it’s a gross distor¬tion that people have been using to justify andhence promote mens’ violence against womensince time immemorial. Don’t buy it—no oneever has a right to hurt you, under any circum¬stances.The University’s complicity is fostering thisattitude was apparent when U of C securityrefused to offer their services to a woman whowas straying out of the golden rectangle.Theresa L. Brown, a student in the Collegereported this instance in a letter to the ChicagoMaroon (7/1/86). Theresa worked at a shelterfor homeless women on 65th and Woodlawnand once a week had to spend the night. Oneevening she didn’t leave Hyde Park until it wasalready dark. When she called University Se¬curity to ask them to provide umbrella coveragethey refused, citing the fact that their juris¬diction ends at 61st street. Furthermore, theofficer proceeded to tell her that riding herbicycle was "not the smartest way to getthere." The officer never offered any concreteassistance, as if having appraised her of thedangers abnegated him from any further re¬sponsibility. Theresa noted that the messagesecurity gave was that she should restructureactivities so as to never endanger herself. Aswomen, we should not accept societally im¬posed restrictions on what is considered ap¬propriate behavior. We have every right to walkwhere we please and how we please, and noone has any justification for violating our per¬sonal sanctity. However, we are barred fromthis expression by society’s oppression ofwomen. It is vital for us to remember that this isour right and we are deprived of it; we willnever win the struggle to regain our personalliberty if we forget that it is rightfully ours.The University of Chicago Security Forcealso perpetuates racism in our community bypersistently stopping Black students on campusand asking them for identification, even whenthey are in buildings which require that peopleshow University identification for admittance.Harassment of Black students first became anissue in the late sixties. At that time Securityclaimed that Black students should acceptquestioning because of the local gang theBlackstone Rangers. Now. after the dis¬appearance of the Rangers, they continue touse the same argument. Black students shouldnot accept being randomly and arbitrarily ques¬tioned. as women should not accept limitationson their movements.The fact is that rape and other violent crimesagainst women, such as battery and harass¬ment. do occur in Hyde Park. Unfortunately,they are just as likely to occur in your apart¬ment, in a fraternity, or on the safest street intown, as on the darkest deserted street. Thesecrimes will not be reported in the Chronicle, norwill you hear about them from the administra¬tion, unless in an occasional attempt to terrifyrather than to inform. In silencing incidents ofthis sort, the University does a multiple dis¬service: they protect the criminal, they alienatethe victim, and they deprive women of informa¬tion vital to their safety. Campus feministsstarted a project to bring attention to thisproblem around the time of Prospective Stu¬dents Weekend in 1979, in which they spray-painted a stencil reading, “A woman was rapedhere” on sidewalks and walls at sites of attacksin the community. The University, presumablyfearing that parents who saw these signs wouldnot send their daughters to the U of C, removedthese stencils as quickly as possible. It is notsurprising that the University was more con¬cerned about its public relations image than thesafety of women and awareness of people inthe community. Unfortunately, they havechanged little in this regard.Women must take the initiative if we are notto be prisoners in our own homes. If we don’twalk on the streets at night because they areunsafe, they will continue to be unsafe becausethey are deserted. We don’t have to be de¬pendent on men for our escorts—there arethings that we can do ourselves for our ownprotection. We can organize ourselves intogroups, always a good strategy. We can notwear restrictive clothing and high heels whenexpecting to walk at night. If we know theneighborhood we can walk with confidencewhich is itself acknowledged as a deterrent, asare wearing androgynous clothing, carrying afistful of keys, and walking down the middle ofthe streets which are clearly visible fromhouses. We can lobby for the University toprovide women’s self-defense and awarenessclasses like Chimera, which teach practicaltechniques for pesonal safety We have themini-buses available—but don’t rely on themSometime when you need them, they won’t bethere and it is better to know which are the safestreets to walk on. Umbrella service is alsoavailable—don’t hesitate to ask for it. It isembarassing to be followed by a security car,but it is a hell of a lot better than staying athome because you are afraid. It's better thanliving in fear; and if we want to improve oursituation, we must refuse to live in fear.This article was adapted from an earlier articleon the subject by Stephanie Bacon.Presently, as the fifth largest land-owner inthe city, the University buys available realestate, tears down usable buildings, manipu¬lates community planning boards, and gener¬ally throws its weight and money around in anattempt to keep Hyde Park “safe”—historicallythis has meant middle class and white. It isironic that their attempts to minimize commu¬nity crime—notice the few bars, clubs, and 24-hour establishments—has only reduced thenumber of people on the streets at night, andprovided an ideal climate for crime. SimilarlyHyde Park has a high turnover rate for smallbusinesses. But the University is not onlyinterested in promoting middle class stores andpleasures, it also funds a community organiza¬tion which is currently engaged in a legal battleto prevent Section 8 public housing from beingbuilt in northwest Hyde Park.Racism in Chicago is generally confined towhere people live, and yes you can walk to63rd street and walk to 49th street or even takethe Howard El—of course you must be prudent,but don’t let yourself be intimidated into notseeing the life and cultural diversity, or povertyand overcrowding which make Chicago what itis. We must resist this white elitist ideology ofmany so-called safety precautions—anyonewho tells you never to leave the confines ofHyde Park is contributing to keeping Chicagosegregated. If you are visiting an unfamiliarneighborhood, or taking a particular route forthe first time, go during the day, or take acouple of friends and be alert—but do it, youowe it to yourself to know something about thecity in which you live.There are many ways of getting out of HydePark, but you should use your own discretionand not do anything that you are uncomfortablewith. CTA buses are slow and reliable, and theygo into many neighborhoods that are not ac¬cessible by the El or the IC—get a map.Occasionally they get a little rough at night—ifyou’re going to be travelling late try to bring afriend. As a means of seeing neighborhoodsbuses are second only to cars and motorcycles,and you don’t have to park a bus. The HowardEl has three stops near us — one at 63rd andCottage Grove, another at 55th and Garfield,and the third at 51st and Garfield. By days, thestops are thought to be reasonably safe and thetrain going north through the Loop takes youthrough some interesting neighborhoods andmuch of the barren South Side. By night it'schancey even for groups. The 51st stop isthought to be the safest near campus. This mayseem out of your way, but you can take theIndiana/Hyde Park to the station from HydePark Blvd. (rather than the 55/Garfield) andthen catch a ride downtown. Don’t hesitate totake the trains between points on the NearNorth side; it is well travelled and safe up there.The Illinois Central (IC) is safe, fast and onlycosts a little more than the buses at $1.65—itsonly disadvantage is that it runs infrequently.Call for the IC schedule (836-7000)—don’t justgo to the station and wait at night; the stationsare not as safe as the trains themselves. If youare taking the train home alone at night, youcan call U of C Security and ask them to meetyou at a particular station when you disembark.In Hyde Park, as most everywhere, safety ismuch more of a problem for women than men.This reality is compounded by the University’sattitude that you will be perfectly safe if you“follow the rules,” and that anyone whoby Anjali FedsonWomen, and to a lesser degree, men of theincoming class will be barraged this week withlectures and warnings about personal securityin this urban community. While concern forone’s safety is a necessity, the strategies andsuggestions the University offers are oftenbased on racist and misogynist assumptionswhich only serve to contribute to fear andalienation.As an entering student I was surprised tohear a resident assistant tell me that if I wouldbe protected if I stayed within the “golden rectangle” of 55th to 59th between Ellis and theIC. Not surprisingly, this “safety square” isframed by some of the most noticeable scarsleft by the U of C program of “urban renewal”during the late 1950s. This federally fundedproject systematically removed housing oc¬cupied by Black and low-income whites, andbusiness primarily patronized by Blacks. Theremaining empty lots in Hyde Park are only themost dramatic testimony to the University’shistorically racist housing policies, which in thethirties led it to support racially restrictivecovenants, and until the early sixties to listsegregated housing on the University realty file.Eileen K. Berger A WARNING ABOUT WARNINGS26—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNAL(, ss/A)£n4>.& ta44/MWl (WE SERVE THE BESTTHAIFOOD IN TOWNOPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK1607 EAST 55th STREETCHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60615Phone: (312) 363-7119Qzrfaw,r\m r\ 21 Kennedy, Ryan, Monigal & Assoc.5508 S. 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Some of the very special features include a delightfully land-scaped back yard, a charming living room with French doors that open onto a gracefulporch; first floor den and third floor study. and a beautiful master bedroom suite withwood burning fireplace and spacious dressing room and bath. Ten rooms in all. - - -baths. $350,000. Call Eleanor Coe to make an appointment to see this special home.m NEW LISTING. 54TH AND GREENWOOD.VICTORIAN BRICK DUPLEX. Nine rooms; fourbedrooms plus a study. Knotty-pine paneled rec room, doubleparlour, lots of original wood, two car brick garage.$125,000. Marie or Ken Wester (res. 947-0557).LARGE CITY HOME on HYDE PARK BLVD. Thishouse has lots of w hat you look for in an older home -graciousentry ; original woodwork; beautiful woodburning fireplacesurrounded by pecan wood mantel and bookcases in thelivingroom; wixxi paneling and two built-in buffets in the______________ dining room; recently refinished oak floors; large eat-inkitchen with lots of storage in beautiful teak cabinets; powder room and study on thefirst floor; six bedrooms and three more baths on the top two floors. The yard is amplewith a parking pad at the back. Extra special feature: the back staircase has a stairelevator. $290,000. Louise Cooley . ^ IN QUIET RESIDENTIAL AREA OF KENWOOD.2400 sq. foot townhouse. Family-style eat-in kitchen Onthe PICTURE 1 top floor are three bedrooms, two fullceramic-tiled baths and lots of closets. A large living-diningroom combination is with the kitchen on the middle level.On the lower level is a large family room, bedroom, bath,laundry and storage rooms. All very well maintained by theoriginal owner. And this unit is on the end so it has extrasunlight and yard. Assigned parking. $155,000. JeanneSpurlock.APARTMENT HOMES ON CAMPUS56TH AND DORCHESTER. All you'd hoped for in a fantastic location. Spaciousthree plus bedroom condo w ith a large, fenced-in backyard, floor to ceiling ad¬justable bookshelves in the library, laundry. formal dining room with a pass-thru tothe nicely updated kitchen and an old-fashioned back porch. $115.000. Mrs.Ridlon.LOVELY WOODWORK ABOUNDS in this sunny third floor one bedroom con¬do w ith new kitchen (including washer and dryer) at 56th and Blackstone $59,000.Ken or Marie Wester (res. 947-0557).INNS OF COURT. Well designed four room condo in one of Hyde Park's mostsought after buildings -on Blackstone south of 55th Street. In the livingroom is awoodburning fireplace. The kitchen is large w ith a pass-thru to the livingroom andnice wood cabinets. The dining room could be converted easily to another bedroomif necessary. A moderate $53,000. Marie or Ken W'ester (res. 947-0557).JOG TO TRACK AND HOSPITALS. Two bedroom condo in well established,expertly run building. New kitchen. A very modest $53,000. Hilde Zurnetres.684-0151).GREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1986-27iFi Ol Y3 - V - . . . V ■ , - <A WARNING ABOUT WARNINGSby Anjali FedsonWomen, and to a lesser degree, men of theincoming class will be barraged this week withlectures and warnings about personal securityin this urban community. While concern forone’s safety is a necessity, the strategies andsuggestions the University offers are oftenbased on racist and misogynist assumptionswhich only serve to contribute to fear andalienation.As an entering student I was surprised tohear a resident assistant tell me that if I wouldbe protected if I stayed within the "golden rectangle” of 55th to 59th between Ellis and the1C. Not surprisingly, this "safety square” isframed by some of the most noticeable scarsleft by the U of C program of "urban renewal”during the late 1950s. This federally fundedproject systematically removed housing oc¬cupied by Black and low-income whites, andbusiness primarily patronized by Blacks. Theremaining empty lots in Hyde Park are only themost dramatic testimony to the University’shistorically racist housing policies, which in thethirties led it to support racially restrictivecovenants, and until the early sixties to listsegregated housing on the University realty file. Presently, as the fifth largest land-owner inthe city, the University buys available realestate, tears down usable buildings, manipu¬lates community planning boards, and gener¬ally throws its weight and money around in anattempt to keep Hyde Park “safe"—historicallythis has meant middle class and white. It isironic that their attempts to minimize commu¬nity crime—notice the few bars, clubs, and 24-hour establishments—has only reduced thenumber of people on the streets at night, andprovided an ideal climate for crime. SimilarlyHyde Park has a high turnover rate for smallbusinesses. But the University is not onlyinterested in promoting middle class stores andpleasures, it also funds a community organiza¬tion which is currently engaged in a legal battleto prevent Section 8 public housing from beingbuilt in northwest Hyde Park.Racism in Chicago is generally confined towhere people live, and yes you can walk to63rd street and walk to 49th street or even takethe Howard El—of course you must be prudent,but don’t let yourself be intimidated into notseeing the life and cultural diversity, or povertyand overcrowding which make Chicago what itis. We must resist this white elitist ideology ofmany so-called safety precautions—anyonewho tells you never to leave the confines ofHyde Park is contributing to keeping Chicagosegregated. If you are visiting an unfamiliarneighborhood, or taking a particular route forthe first time, go during the day, or take acouple of friends and be alert—but do it, youowe it to yourself to know something about thecity in which you live.There are many ways of getting out of HydePark, but you should use your own discretionand not do anything that you are uncomfortablewith. CTA buses are slow and reliable, and theygo into many neighborhoods that are not ac¬cessible by the El or the IC—get a map.Occasionally they get a little rough at night—ifyou’re going to be travelling late try to bring afriend. As a means of seeing neighborhoodsbuses are second only to cars and motorcycles,and you don’t have to park a bus. The HowardEl has three stops near us — one at 63rd andCottage Grove, another at 55th and Garfield,and the third at 51st and Garfield By days, thestops are thought to be reasonably safe and thetrain going north through the Loop takes youthrough some interesting neighborhoods andmuch of the barren South Side. By night it'schancey even for groups. The 51st stop isthought to be the safest near campus. This mayseem out of your way, but you can take theIndiana/Hyde Park to the station from HydePark Blvd. (rather than the 55/Garfield) andthen catch a ride downtown. Don’t hesitate totake the trains between points on the NearNorth side; it is well travelled and safe up there.The Illinois Central (IC) is safe, fast and onlycosts a little more than the buses at $1.65—itsonly disadvantage is that it runs infrequently.Call for the IC schedule (836-7000)—don’t justgo to the station and wait at night; the stationsare not as safe as the trains themselves. If youare taking the train home alone at night, youcan call U of C Security and ask them to meetyou at a particular station when you disembark.In Hyde Park, as most everywhere, safety ismuch more of a problem for women than men.This reality is compounded by the University’sattitude that you will be perfectly safe if you"follow the rules,” and that anyone who doesn’t “follow the rules is foolish, or issomehow bringing danger upon themselves,and thus is responsible for any difficulty theymight encounter. It’s just the same old "she-was-asking-for-it” scam, and it’s a gross distor¬tion that people have been using to justify andhence promote mens’ violence against womensince time immemorial. Don’t buy it—no oneever has a right to hurt you, under any circum¬stances.The University’s complicity is fostering thisattitude was apparent when U of C securityrefused to offer their services to a woman whowas straying out of the golden rectangle.Theresa L. Brown, a student in the Collegereported this instance in a letter to the ChicagoMaroon (7/1/86). Theresa worked at a shelterfor homeless women on 65th and Woodlawnand once a week had to spend the night. Oneevening she didn't leave Hyde Park until it wasalready dark. When she called University Se¬curity to ask them to provide umbrella coveragethey refused, citing the fact that their juris¬diction ends at 61st street. Furthermore, theofficer proceeded to tell her that riding herbicycle was "not the smartest way to getthere.” The officer never offered any concreteassistance, as if having appraised her of thedangers abnegated him from any further re¬sponsibility. Theresa noted that the messagesecurity gave was that she should restructureactivities so as to never endanger herself. Aswomen, we should not accept societally im¬posed restrictions on what is considered ap¬propriate behavior. We have every right to walkwhere we please and how we please, and noone has any justification for violating our per¬sonal sanctity. However, we are barred fromthis expression by society’s oppression ofwomen. It is vital for us to remember that this isour right and we are deprived of it; we willnever win the struggle to regain our personalliberty if we forget that it is rightfully ours.The University of Chicago Security Forcealso perpetuates racism in our community bypersistently stopping Black students on campusand asking them for identification, even whenthey are in buildings which require that peopleshow University identification for admittance.Harassment of Black students first became anissue in the late sixties. At that time Securityclaimed that Black students should acceptquestioning because of the local gang theBlackstone Rangers. Now. after the dis¬appearance of the Rangers, they continue touse the same argument. Black students shouldnot accept being randomly and arbitrarily ques¬tioned. as women should not accept limitationson their movements.The fact is that rape and other violent crimesagainst women, such as battery and harass¬ment. do occur in Hyde Park. Unfortunately,they are just as likely to occur in your apart¬ment, in a fraternity, or on the safest street intown, as on the darkest deserted street. Thesecrimes will not be reported in the Chronicle, norwill you hear about them from the administra¬tion, unless in an occasional attempt to terrifyrather than to inform. In silencing incidents ofthis sort, the University does a multiple dis¬service: they protect the criminal, they alienatethe victim, and they deprive women of informa¬tion vital to their safety. Campus feministsstarted a project to bring attention to thisproblem around the time of Prospective Stu¬dents Weekend in 1979, in which they spray-painted a stencil reading, “A woman was rapedhere” on sidewalks and walls at sites of attacksin the community. The University, presumablyfearing that parents who saw these signs wouldnot send their daughters to the U of C, removedthese stencils as quickly as possible. It is notsurprising that the University was more con¬cerned about its public relations image than thesafety of women and awareness of people inthe community. Unfortunately, they havechanged little in this regard.Women must take the initiative if we are notto be prisoners in our own homes. If we don’twalk on the streets at night because they areunsafe, they will continue to be unsafe becausethey are deserted. We don’t have to be de¬pendent on men for our escorts—there arethings that we can do ourselves for our ownprotection. We can organize ourselves intogroups, always a good strategy. We can notwear restrictive clothing and high heels whenexpecting to walk at night. If we know theneighborhood we can walk with confidencewhich is itself acknowledged as a deterrent, asare wearing androgynous clothing, carrying afistful of keys, and walking down the middle ofthe streets which are clearly visible fromhouses. We can lobby for the University toprovide women’s self-defense and awarenessclasses like Chimera, which teach practicaltechniques for pesonal safety We have themini-buses available—but don’t rely on themSometime when you need them, they won’t bethere and it is better to know which are the safestreets to walk on. Umbrella service is alsoavailable—don’t hesitate to ask for it. It isembarassing to be followed by a security car,but it is a hell of a lot better than staying athome because you are afraid. 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It may prove to be oneof the most important as well. Chicagoans areproud of their style of politics: flamboyant,spectacularly corrupt on occasion, and morefun than most spectator sports. Since Illinoisstate law requires only 30 days residence forvoter registration, both new and returning stu¬dents will have the right to participate in thisdemocratic extravaganza. Alderman LawrenceBioom of the 5th ward, which includes that partof Hyde Park south of 55th street and south of53rd east of the 1C tracks, insists that thestudent vote made the difference in electingboth himself and Mayor Harold Washington in1983. He urges students to register to vote heresince “they’re going to be living here for fouryears and they can have a lot to say about thegovernment affecting them.”The main event will be the Democratic may-oral primary in March. As of this writing thecontenders will be Mayor Washington, formermayor Jane Byrne, and possibly someone else:State’s Attorney Richard Daley Jr., AldermanEdward “Fast Eddie” Vrydolyak, or former ParkDistrict Superintendent Edmund Kelly. For thesecond time in a row, the general election mayprove important as well. The Republicans mightrun a strong candidate, such as former gov¬ernor Richard Ogilvie or former US AttorneyDan Webb, or a lifelong white democrat seizingthe opportunity, such as Alderman RomanPucinski. Depending on the outcome of theprimary, Mayor Washington may run on a 3rdparty ticket, though the 3rd party route will beopen to other Democrats as well. It is difficult topredict because all factions are now busilyjockeying for position, trying to anticipate thestrategies of their rivals, and attempting tomanipulate election laws to their advantage.Although some of the more striking features ofthe city’s political struggles have been nationalnews over the last few years, most newcomersto the city will need a little background tounderstand the significance of all the soundand fury.The key factors are historical and dem¬ographic. The latter being simpler, I’ll start withthat. Chicago is about 40 percent Black, 45percent white and 15 percent Hispanic. Thecity's neighborhoods are segregated by raceand income. With the exception of integratedHyde Park, the South Side is Black until youreach the steel mills near the Indiana borderand the Irish neighborhoods on the far south¬west side. On the South Side Western Avenueis a strict boundary: local Nazi parties march onthe West Side, while the area east of Westernis solidly Black. The North Side along the lakeshore is home to young, mostly white profes¬sionals, while neighborhoods further westhouse both old white ethnics and young His-panics. Much of the west side is solidly Blackand includes some of the worst enclaves ofpoverty in the city. The Northwest side, close toO'Hare airport, is populated by white ethnics.Hispanic groups are concentrated in a beltstretching westward from the near southwestside, centered at about 18th Street.Neighborhoods are extremely important en¬tities in Chicago. Relatively homogeneousareas within the polyglot city, they draw theallegiance of residents in the manner of in¬dependent towns. Their names are easily rec¬ognized by most Chicagoans as shorthanddescriptions of the racial, ethnic and classcomposition of the different parts of the city.Neighborhoods gain political importance astheir limits are translated into ward boundariesMajor court battles over gerrymandering theward map ended last spring in a victory forMayor Washington The court decided that theward map previously drawn by Washington’sfoes illegally diluted Black and Hispanic votingstrength, and therefore infringed on minorityvoting rights. The court redrew the map andmandated special elections in the modifiedwards. These elections, held last April, were aboom particularly to Hispanics, who increasedtheir city council representation from one tofour aldermen. Probably more important, thespecial elections broke the “council wars"deadlock by electing enough pro-Washingtonaldermen for the mayor's tie-breaking vote togive him a "25+ 1” majority in the 50 membercouncil.In addition to aldermen, wards also electpolitical officers called ward committeemen.These officers represent the wards in thecountywide committee of the Democratic andRepublican parties. Because the Republicanparty has been nearly impotent in Chicago fordecades, Democratic committeemen holdpowerful positions as party slate makersCommitteemen vote in the party councils pro¬portionally to the Democratic turnout in theirwards in the previous primary election. Theirpower therefore depends on their ability to getout the vote The ward committeemen delegatemuch of this work to precinct captains theyappoint. Aldermen, ward committeemen andprecinct captains function as neighborhoodcivic leaders. They attend funerals and wed¬dings, supply the political connections neces¬sary for city employment, funnel governmentgrants to neighborhood groups, and assumegeneral responsibility for "getting things done'the garbage collected, the streets repaired. legal troubles solved, etc. They ask in returnthat the residents of their wards or precinctsheed their political advice, usually by voting thestraight Democratic ticket. This form of urbanpolitics, generally known as the machine, mayor may not be decaying in Chicago; it died longago in most other American cities. HaroldWashington may or may not be the reformerwho finally negates that old standard of localpolitics: "Chicago ain’t ready for reform."In fact Chicago has taken several majorsteps toward reform during the last decade.The most important formal step was theShakman decree of 1972 and 1979, in whichthe courts forbade new city administrationsfrom routinely firing the appointees of formeradministrations and replacing them with theirown political supporters. The Shakman decreesharply reduced the number of patronage jobswith which politicians could reward their politi¬cal workers. Alderman Bloom estimates thatonly 10 to 15 percent of all city jobs are nowpolitically influenced. Assuming Washington tobe the reformer and his predecessors to repre¬sent the machine, however, the Shakman de¬cree is a dubious victory, since it safeguardsthe city workers hired under the machineregime from a reform purge. It has placed asevere limit on Washington’s ability to “cleanhouse,” to turn the city workforce into arecognizable civil service. Nevertheless, theShakman decree is a significant move awayfrom a system in which city workers were hiredto campaign for their political sponsors (gener¬ally during working hours) rather than to per¬form the tasks enumerated in their job des¬criptions.More important than any formal measure inexplaining the current state of Chicago politics,however, is a ten year old event that stillstructures factional struggle in the city. Thisevent was the 1976 death of Mayor Richard J.Daley. First elected in 1955, Daley died in officeafter two solid decades of rule. Many Chic¬agoans still affectionately refer to him as “themayor" and recall his tenure nostalgically asthe era when Chicago was "the city thatworks." It worked quite well if you were whiteand better still if you were Irish. Daley builtmammoth monuments to his power: the ex¬pressways. the University of Illinois at Chicagocampus and the rather less edifying publichousing towers. Holding simultaneously thepolitical office of chairman of the Cook CountyDemocratic Party, Daley was able to coopt ordestroy potential rivals. All of the major playersin today’s political scene worked with the Daleymachine That identification remains a badge ofhonor for some and a skeleton in the closet forothers but the fact is that to attain any politicalpower at all in the city during the era of "clout,”one had to work with Mayor Daley.Daley picked Michael Bilandic to succeedhim. When Bilandic ran on his own in 1979 hewas unseated by Jane Byrne in an electiondecided mainly by a snowstorm. Just before theprimary a major blizzard found Bilandic unableto deploy the snowplows effectively. Moredamning, Bilandic had ordered that the CTAtrains on the North Side be given priority, thusstranding South Side Blacks on el platforms forhours. Byrne stressed her political intimacy withMayor Daley while meanwhile managing topaint herself as the reform candidate againstthe erstwhile boss Bilandic. Her victory waswidely heralded as the death of the machine,though she made her accommodation soonenough by supporting “Fast Eddie" Vrdolyakfor Cook County Democratic chairman, a posthe still holds today.The Byrne administration was great fun, withbread and circuses for everyone. Chicagofest,the Taste of Chicago, and free music at neigh¬borhood festivals all over the city made summerin Chicago one great municipal party Scandalsduring Byrne’s administration centered on herrelationship to the contracting firm.E^stivalsIncorporated Even her undoing at the hands ofthe Black political movement that electedMayor Washington hinged on the festival policyByrne had angered the Black community byappointing Charles Swibel to head the ChicagoHousing Authority, the municipal body thatoversees public housing projects that are pop¬ulated almost exclusively by Blacks. Not onlywas Swibel a political crony, not only was hewhite, but a great deal of evidence suggestedthat he was an out and out racist. As a protestagainst Swibel's appointment Black activistsorganized an effective boycott of ChicagofestThe boycott both doomed the festival andformed the nucleus of a new and significantmovement. Byrne meanwhile wrote off Blacksupport and sought to cultivate Hispanics theold fashioned way: speaking Spanish at ralliesand appointing Hispanics to office, especiallyGeorge Munoz to head the Board of Education.Realizing their opportunity. Black activistsbegan planning strategy for the 1983 mayoralelection Congressman Harold Washington(whose 1st Congressional District includedHyde Park) agreed to run if a Black voterregistration drive generated a certain number ofnew voters. The 1982 gubernatorial race testedBlack voting strength Adlai Stevenson ranclose enough to the incumbent JamesThompson to require three recounts: everyoneagreed that Stevenson's strong showing deri¬ved from a massive Black turnout in ChicagoThe mayoral primary pitted the incumbent Byrne, dogged by scandals involving campaigncontributions from Festivals, Inc., against Har¬old Washington, who had several embarrass¬ments in his past related to income tax evasionand a disbarrment from legal practice, andRichard Daley Jr., whose tv commercials fea¬tured his mother comparing him to his latefather “the mayor.” It was a three ring circus.Debates between the candidates deserve to bererun as high comedy, with Byrne’s sneers,Washington’s malapropisms, and Daley's evi¬dent slowness of wit. With Byrne and Daleysplitting the white vote, Washington won easily.Byrne came in second and Daley ran a poorthird.But the general election turned high comedyinto sordid tragedy. The Republicans nomi¬nated a nonentity as usual, one Bernard Epton.A lawyer known as a Hyde Park liberal, Eptonwas no match for the wire pullers who came todominate his campaign. They stressed a purelyracist appeal based on the slogan “Epton,before it’s too late.” Presidential candidateWalter Mondale was booed by lifelong Demo¬crats when he visited a Northwest Side churchto campaign for Washington. With the expectedhigh turnout among the Black 40 percent of thecity and his reputation as a reformer to helpcarry the lakefront liberal wards, Washingtonsqueaked through. The election concretized, ifit did not create, a racial polarization of politicsin Chicago. Each faction in the ensuing“council wars” struggle would blame the otherfor making race the issue. Vrydolyak wouldshed tears on tv for the racial harmony that heclaimed prevailed when Daley was in charge.Yet the facts speak for themselves. The city’swhite Democratic leaders, who had based theirpower for decades on their ability to delivertheir wards for the Democratic party, allowedthem to go Republican. Both Vrydolyak’s andDaley’s white ethnic wards went Republican ina mayoral race for the first time in memory —and Vrydolyak was the chairman of the Demo¬cratic party. It was no secret why.With Harold Washington’s victory the whiteDemocratic leaders set about to dismantle themain prop of machine rule under Daley: thepower of the mayor. Daley had ruled the citycouncil completely; he ridiculed and silenced atpleasure the small block of Independent al¬dermen who badgered him at council meetingsMayor Daley decided which measures reachedthe floor and which died in committee Thecouncil rubber stamped his decisions. After the1983 election, Aid Vrydolyak assumed lead¬ership of the opposition bloc in the council,which held a 29-21 majority The majority“organized" the council — appointed thecommittees — in opposition to the mayor andthen proceeded to use their control to block allmeasures supported by Mayor WashingtonThe mayor’s appointments were kept stalled incommittee for two years, the appointees bec¬oming known as "the hostages " The mayor, inturn, vetoed measures passed by his oppo¬nents. Council wars made all of the politicianslook bad It was a heyday of political dirty tricks.Chicago Style. At one point, allegedly ofcourse. Vrydolyak's men drove into an alleywith a truckload of garbage and dumped itbefore the arrival of the tv cameras they hadcalled to witness the "collapse” of city servicesunder Mayor Washington's administration Itwas disgraceful, but also kind of fun.The special elections held after the wardremap decision ended “Council wars" bychanging the balance of power in the councilThese elections were hotly contested betweenpro-Washington and pro-Vrydolyak candidates,who in several wards charged one another withemploying street gangs to intimidate rival pollwatchers The elections resulted in a 25-25 splitin the council: the mayor holds a tie-breakingvote With his “25 + 1” majority. Mayor Wash¬ington proceeded to free the hostages Thistook time, since the opposition took the admin¬istration to court at every step But the courtssided consistently with the mayor The finalbattle, over replacing Edmund Kelley as ParkDistrict Superintendent, ended in a Washingtonvictory this summer Two and a half years afterhis election (for a four year term), Mayor Washington had finally appointed his executiveofficers Of his two most significant legislativeproposals, one passed in early September, aTenants Rights Ordinance An Ethnics Or¬dinance that the Mayor has been pushing hasyet to pass, though there is still time before theprimary next March.Meanwhile, the politicians have focused theirattention on the primary itself. The lesson of1983 for the white Democrats is the necessityof opposing Washington with one rather thantwo white candidates. Washington has made itclear that if he loses the Democratic primary hewill run as an Independent. Even if he wins hemight run as an Independent if the Republicansput up a strong candidate. Washington will try toensure two viable white opponents, his solid 40percent will then guarantee a plurality. Fearingthis strategy, the opposition mounted a petitiondrive this summer to place a referendum on theballot in November to change the election lawsThey have revived an old reform proposal fornon-partisan mayoral elections. Under thisproposal the two highest vote-getters in thegeneral election would face one another in arunoff, thus forcing Washington to run against asingle white opponent. The referendum being ayes or no question, it is analogous to anelection between Washington and a singlewhite candidate. If it reaches the ballot it standsan excellent chance of passing.The mayor’s supporters, led by Aid TimothyEvans of the 4th ward (which includes theNorthern half of Hyde Park), met this challengein council with a parliamentary coup. Illinois lawstipulates a maximum of three referendumquestions on any single ballot. Evans, MayorWashington’s floor leader, pushed three in-ocuous referenda through the council severaldays before the non-partisan election petitionswere submitted. Both the validity of the petitionsignatures and the legality of the parliamentarymaneuver are now before the courts. MayorWashington won the first round on September16 in the circuit court. Appeals are expectedbut Washington's opponents recognize theirpoor track record in the courts. This casediffers from previous ones, however, becausefor the first time the issue is a parliamentarytrick perpetrated by the mayor's rather than theopposition forces A third facet of this battleinvolves the behavior of the Cook County boardof Election Commissioners. The board initiallyapproved the referendum, before Evans'checkers had ascertained that there weregrounds for challenging the number of validpetition signatures But the Republican memberof the Board subsequently changed his vote,probably because County Republican ChairmanDon Totten publicly opposed the referendum.Totten fears the referendum will raise Demo¬cratic turnout in Chicago in the Novemberelection, thus hurting statewide RepublicancandidatesAt this writing few predictions are possibleThe November election might contain the ref¬erendum The March mayoral primary will fea¬ture two, three or even more candidates andthe same goes for the November 1987 generalelection. If Mayor Washington increases hismajority in the city council, a new era of reformmay commence On the other hand, a simpleethnic succession may keep the machine formsbut put them into black hands, as the mayor'sopponents charge Yet this is unlikely Thedecade since the death of Mayor Daley hasseen the destruction of some of the major propsof machine control. Politicians will remain everresourceful but Chicago may just be "ready forreform." Participate m the decision by register¬ing to vote in Chicago When you leave the city,you can always register again somewhere elseSuggestions for further readingHarold F Gosness, Machine Politics. ChicagoModel (University of Chicago Press. 1937;Midway reprint, 1977).Florence Levinsohn. Harold Washington: A Po¬litical Biography (Chicago Review Press. 1983).Paul Kelppner. Chicago Divided The Making ofa Black Mayor (Northern Illinois UniversityPress. 1985).Len O'Connor. Clout: Mayor Daley and his City(Avon, 1975).Milton L Rakove. Don't Make No Waves. Don’tBack No Losers (Indiana University Press.1975).Mike Royko. 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Bdt at one point I cleaned enough to see where the real flawsof the entire structure lay, so now that I’ve returned to the mess,I am also currently-aware of the weaknessesun the structure. It isa conciousness that adds worry to mess. x *If feels really strange because I can’t deny the knowledge, I know toomuch to feign ignorance,. Ah! self discovery..The knowledge looms and exhausts me. I keep looking for love and keepseeking tons olun, yet I can’t sit quietly on an empty stomachwithout experiencing anxiety.-m-Vf r. * j^Xy i('0«Lists of old Idyers reviewed the refantasized, mournings over all thelost> ended fantasies. Oh how I wish, How l crave-, How l need and yearn.How it hurts. Especially thoughts of all the friendships sodesperatet^apught and so easily lost. Shared moments slipped intoimpermaance. I don’t want standstill just slow slow slow. If only thewhole world could sparkle like Tom’s eyesty,-'7i *• i 'jJP* i t'-My lover has forsaken me. I can barely believe it He didn’t do itintentionally, yet it has been done. I have been forsaken by a boywho doesn’t know any better, I can’t tell hUh anymore than I alreadyhave (hat I need to hear the words “I Love You” if we are to continue fromsuch along distance. I can’t say it any clearer and I can’t controlhis understanding, I have been forsaken.There is nothing ph earth a good dance song can’t fix“YouVe got to change your evil ways baby, I’m getting tired ofwaiting and fooling around. I’ll find somebody who won’t make me feelHkea down this can’t go onnnnnn! Lord you’ve got to change.”*A-Advice I think til take.f. 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COREby Stefan G. KerteszThe University of Chicago, if you haven’tnoticed by now, has a childish way of thumpingits chest when comparing itself with Harvardwith an unbelievable lack of humor, peoplespontaneously announce “we’re better thanyou are.” They do it in lectures, at the dinnertable, usually ignoring the current topic ofconversation just for the sake of making thepoint.In response to the more liberal universitiessuch as Brown and UC Santa Cruz, however,we employ a far more sophisticated device forthumbing our noses; it’s called the CommonCore. The Common Core serves both as chur¬lish response to those nasty free-thinkers, andas the two-year sacrificial feast in the name ofour god among gods, Structured Liberal Ed¬ucation.With this image of “common core as sa¬crificial feast” in mind, the shrewd 1st and 2nd-year students are advised to their darndest toavoid serving as the sacrifices. With the rightinformation and a little luck you can get atender slice of the beast and a good educationto boot. I hope in this article to offer youinformation which will help you take advantageof what the Common Core has to offer, mostspecifically the first year in the Social SciencesProgram.Your Choice between SocSci 101-102-103and 121-122-123, and your subsequent choiceof professor, can make the difference betweena year of falling asleep in class three times aweek and an eye-opening, thought-stimulating,foot-stomping, spitting-cbewing-and-burpingsocial sciences experience. The superficialsimilarities between SocSci 101-102-103 (acourse designed two years ago) and 121-122-123 (the descendant of fifty-year-old courseknown alternatively as ”Soc.2”, "Self, Culture,Society,” and “Self-torture, anxiety”) maskprofound differences in the structure and con¬tent of the courses. For reasons unclear, thesocial sconces division has chosen to bill thesecourses as essentially similar, when in fact theyare not. The autumn bulletin gives them onlyslightly different names, so it’s important tokeep track of the course numbers rather thanthe names. This article will refer to them as101-102-16)3 and Self, Culture, Society (121-122-123). jAs far as basic classroom ritual is concerned,the two courses are similar. In both classes thestudent buys a bunch of books, usually fromthe Seminary Co-op Bookstore, and reads-prescribed sections for each class meeting. Inclasses of ^0-25 (they get larger every year),students participate in “discussion," which canoften lapse into “lecture,” depending on theego of the prof and the courage of the students.From the broadest perspective the two se¬quences follow vaguely similar paths throughthe social sciences. First quarter covers capi¬talism and related political issues. Secondquarter discusses problems of symbol systemsand the relation of the individual to the group.Third quarter may discuss more of the samefrom different perspectives, or address theproblem of how our culture relates to others.To get a better sense of the differencesbetween the two sequences, differences whichinfluence both classroom experience and thereading list, you need to understand how thetwo courses are organized.Self, Culture, Society (121-122-123)Self, Culture. Society, according to its cur¬rent chairman, John MacAloon, tries “to main¬tain an integrated three-quarter core sequencein the traditional staff-taught core coursemodel.” The traditional model represents agroup effort, both in the establishment of acurriculum at the beginning of the year, and inthe weekly progress of the course.In advance of ordering the books for thisautumn, faculty met three or four times todecide upon a common theme and to choose aset of readings to support that theme. With fewexpectations, faculty in Self. Culture, Societywill hold to the common syllabus. The groupdecision behind the reading list is one of thekey features of a traditional core course. Theadvantage of a group decision, according toBertram Cohler, former chairman and currentteacher in the course, is that "the curriculum isin theory not just somebody’s favorite books butsomething that makes intellectual sense." Overthe years the reading list has revolved about afew central writers; Marx and Smith in the firstquarter, Durkheim and Levi-Strauss in the sec¬ond, and Freud in the third.In addition to choosing a common theme acurriculum, the staff for Self, Culture. Societymeets once a week to discuss the program ofthe course. “We discuss the reading, and veryoften the pedagogical problems in teaching thetext,” Cohler said. Teachers help each otherinterpret the texts since, Cohler noted, “wecan’t all be experts.”Teachers in the course also try to maintainsomething of a common grading standard.Profs exchange students' papers, comparenotes, etc... The chairperson of the sequencehas the authority to confront professors who areholding students to excessively high gradingstandards.SocSci 101-102-103In sharp contast to the fairty tight facultyorganizatiorKof Self, Culture, Society, SocSci101-102-103 (the newer sequence) has been designed to allow individual faculty membersmaximum flexibility. A key element to thisflexibility is that professors can choose theirown reading lists. While the professors gener¬ally choose similar books for the autumn quar¬ter, the reading lists for different sections willdiverge considerably during winter and spring.Students choosing a section in SocSci 101-102-103 should check the reading lists for specificsections, particularly in the winter and spring.Ideally the Social Sciences Division would pub-vlicize the differences between the sections; itseems only reasonable that a college boastingits ability to teach students how to think wouldtry to equip them with the information neces¬sary for making an intelligent course selectionUntil the division comes around to this opinion,however, I suggest that students check thebook order file at the Seminary Co-op Book¬store (in the brick church building at 58th andUniversity). By the end of each quarter, bookorders for the next are usually on file.Tetsuo Najita, Master of Collegiate SocialSciences and teacher in SocSci 103, is wary ofthe charge that SocSci 101-102-103 offersprofessors something of a free-for-atl. In aninterview two weeks ago he emphasized thatthe course is not atomistic. “It’s still moreloosely organized than Soc 2 (Self, Culture,Society)... but there still is an agreement as towhat some of the basic issues are that shouldbe discussed.” The faculty of SocSci 101-102-103 met last spring to set some guidelines Firstquarter address the problem of “individualchoice... and how politics intervenes to dis¬tribute (economic) resources.” Second quarterprofessors will examine the relationship be¬tween the micro and macro-aspects of society;some sections will focus more on individualpsychology, others will take a sociological tack,toofetog at issues of class or ethnicity. Theguidelines for third quarter is that classes lookat the relationship between our culture andother cultures.If the guidelines seem a little loose, it'sbecause they were designed that way. Theplanners of SocSci 101-102-103 believe that thereluctant professors might prove more willing toteach undergraduates if they are offered max¬imal freedom within a basic framework. In anycase, it's to the course’s credit that professorsdo hold to roughly similar reading lists duringthe autumn quarter If all the professors happento choose the same books, then one expectsthat some sort of common theme will emerge.While the faculty of SocSci 101-102-103don’t meet on a regular basis, the coursecatalog states that professors are organizedinto “clusters. ’ depending upon their approachto the problem of a given quarter. "Clustereludes easy definition, since it means differentthings to different professors. In the course'soriginal conception, the clusters of SocSci 101-102-103 were to be groups of faculty who wouldwork together on similar approaches to thebasic issues of each quarter. Professors withinclusters, however, work together only as muchas they want to. They may or may not holdregular meetings, they might chat informally,they might choose the same books; it s up tothem. Gerald Rosenberg, Robert Bianchi andDuncan SniOal of sections 14, 17 and 16ordered the same books for this autumn andthey plan on meeting for lunch once a week todiscuss the progress of their respective sec¬tions Other faculty find regular meetings toorestrictiveWhat can be said with certainty of theclusters is that groups of professors havechosen roughly similar approaches to the basictopic of each quarter; some choose to worktogether, some don'tThe course catalog describes three clustersin SocSci 101 (this autumn), each one definedby a different conceptual approach to politicaleconomy. Najita, however, when asked to cat¬ egorize specific faculty members, was able tomake only a rough division of the staff into twoclusters. Sections 7, 8,12, 13 and 15 will dealwith “basic theories that underlie the deter¬minations of public policy" on issues such asthe distribution of authority and wealth. Sec¬tions 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17 and 19 wit!address classical and modern political theory.At the time he did not have adequate informa¬tion available to categorize sections 9,10,11 or18. Students interested in more informationshould not hesitate to telephone teachers ofspecific sections. Winter and spring quarters(Soc Sci 102 and 103) will feature differentclusters. If they aren’t adequately publicized,concerned indents should telephone DianeNew in the College Social Sciences Office (962-7923) before each quarter begins.Making a ChoiceAn intelligent choice between the two se¬quences requires that one understand how thedifferences in organization can lead to differentexperiences in the classroom. Obviously, theeffort at maintaining a generally uniform grad¬ing policy in Self, Culture, Society speaks toritself. One shouldn't rule out the possibility,however that similar efforts might take place inSocSci 101-102-103 informally.The most significant difference between toetwo sequences lies in the degree of facultycooperation. Holding to a common syllabus andmeeting regularly, the staff of Self, Culture,Society will generally enjoy more support andexchange than the teachers in SocSci 101-102-103. Ideally this support should translate intoan improved ability to deal with the thornyquestions that come up in discussion, and torelate the discussion to the larger themes of toecourse. During my own Social Sciences Coreexperience. I got a real charge out of makingconnections between texts and seeing how theyrepresent many different perspectives on a lewbasic problems. Admittedly, SocSci 101-102-103's teachers don’t necessarily work in totalisolation, some clusters, or parts of dusters,represent true cooperative efforts. The totallack of publicity on the nature of these clusters,however, nearly eliminates the possibility ofmaking an informed choice.Faculty cooperation won’t make a rottenteacher into a good one; the lack of it won’tspoil the enthusiastic and insightful instructor.Exchange between faculty, however, can helpthe many teachers who are neither outstandingnor rotten, so it deserves consideration.Finally, in making a choice between se¬quences students should think about how theorganization of each course influences how wellthe three quarters will hang together. Eachquarter approaches a different problem in thesocial sciences. In the end, one doesn’t wantsimply to know Freud” or "know Marx," but tohave a sense of the three different problems,and a sense of how the problems interact. Doesthe Marx of autumn quarter speak to Freud inthe spring? If so, chase that lead down andwrite an essay about it.The effort to establish coherence across thethree quarters or a social sciences course isgreatly hampered by the quarterly change inprofessors. A few professors do teach morethan one quarter, a circumstance that naturallyfavors three-quarter coherence. Because of itsheavy emphasis on a common theme andreadings, Self, Culture. Society integratesacross all three quarters more easily. Thechairperson can reuse issues from previousquarters at the group meetings. Additionally,many longstanding faculty have taught morethan one quarter of Self, Culture, Society in thepast; this experience enables them to discusstheir section's reading in the context of theyear-long course, if they are conscientious. Onthe other hand. SocSci 101-102-103, with itsemphasis on the freedom of its facuHy, doesn'tlend itself to easy Integration across threequarters Najita admitted, ”it’s a sequence onlyin the chronological sense,” preferring to de¬scribe the quarters as segments” as opposedto sequential units Najita did argue, however,that “by virtue of the fact that they are threefundamental segments of the social sciences,they are coherent." In either course, whereprofessors fail to make connections, studentscan always prod with questions.Choosing a ProfessorChoosing a prof is a simple business; itdemands your attention, however, doubly so inthe Social Sciences Common Core where thequality of a section rides on the professor’sability to establish a fruitful interaction with thestudents. The best sources of information areupperclasspeople and their student evaluationsof past and present. Don’t be afraid to tele¬phone professors and ask them about thecontent of their sections. The University Direc¬tory can be found at toe front desk of anydormitory. Finally, students should attend a fewdifferent sections during first week, even if theyhave already registered for one. With the per¬mission of the professor, one can transfer.Unfortunately, as class sizes increase, profes¬sors may grow (ess willing to accomodatetransfers than they have been in the past.Mechanical Notes1 Because it considers itself an "integratedsequence,” students cannot transfer intoSelf. Culture, Society from SocSci 101-W2-103 after a quarter. The registrar doesallow the reverse transfer. 2. Don’t forget the paperwork Clear trans¬fers, incompletes, etc. within the allottedtime, or “they” witi make life hard for you.3. Paradoxically, don’t be afraid to challengethe limits of bureaucracy. Pester youradvisers, petition the collegiate divisionmasters. There is no red tape, just pinkelastic.REAOfNG USTS (current as of 9/7/86)Self, Culture, Society (SocSci 121-122-123)—Common reading listWealth of Nations, A. SmithBureaucracy, M. WeberEssays on Managerial Capitalism. A ChandlerSteelworkers in America. The Non Union ERA,D. BradyThe Marx-Engeis Reader, R Tucker, ed.The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital¬ism, M. WeberContested Terrain, EdwardsSocSci 101-102-103—Reading lists by sectionSections 1 & 2, Roger Weiss:Reflections on the Revolution in France, E.BurkeLeviathan, T. HobbesThe Social Contact, JJ. RousseauWealth of Nations, A. SmithThe Logic of Collective Action, M. OlsonSections 3, 4, & 19, Fernando Coronil andRonald tnden.The Empire’s Old Clothes: What the Lone, Ranger, Babar and Other Innocent HeroesDo To Our Minds, DorfmanFree Market Economics, SchotterThe British Economic Crisis, K. SmithThe Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, ed.Path to Paradise. On the Liberation from Work,A. GorzMarx’s Kapitaf for Beginners. D. Smith & P.Sections 5 & 6. Gayle KcKeenThe Marx-Engeis Reader. R Tucker, ed.The Federalist Papers, A Hamilton et. a».other readings not on file as of 9/7/86Section 7, Allen SandersonWealth of Nations, A SmithDemocracy in America, A. TocqueviHeThe Marx-Engeis Reader. R. Tucker, ed.Section 8, Ronald J. Krumm. ,Wealth of Nations, A. SmithCapitalism Socialism, and Democracy, J.SchumpeterThe Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Ticker, edSection 9. Bruce Carruthers:The Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, ed.Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. J.SchumpeterDemocracy in America. A. TocqueviHeSections 10 & 12, Jill Swenson;Wealth of Nations. A. SmithThe Marx-Engeis Reader R. Tucker, ed.Democracy in America, A. TocqueviHeCapitalism, Socialism and Democracy, J.SchumpeterThe Theory of Leisure, T. VeblenDictionary of Marxist Thought 1985, T. Bot-iomore (recommended)Section 11, Susan Sanders:The Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, edCapitalism. Socialism, and Democracy, J.SchumpeterWealth of Nations, A. SmithDemocracy in America. A. TocqueviHe (Section 13, Richard Taub:The Logic of Collective Action. M. OlsonThe Wealth of Nations, A SmithCapitafism, Socialism, and Democracy. J.SchumpeterDemocracy in America, A. TocqueviHeThe Marx-Engete Reader, R.Tucker, ed.Sections 14, 16 & 17, Gerald Rosenberg,Duncan Snidal, and'Robert Bianchi:Wealth of Nations, A. SmithDemocracy in America, A. TocqueviHeThe Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, ed.Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. J.Schumpeter LPolitics and Markets, C. LindbioomThe Rise and Decline of Nations. M OlsonSection 15, Robert Chirinko:'The Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, ed.Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, J.SchumpeterThe Wealth of Nations, A. SmithThe Road to Reaction, FinerThe Road to Serfdom, HayekSection 18, Charles Nuckolls:The Wealth of Nations, A. SmithThe Marx-Engeis Reader, R. Tucker, ed.The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital¬ism, M WeberThe Social Transformation of American Medi¬cine. P. StarrSteelworkers in America: The Nonunion Era, OBrodyContested Terrain, R. EdwardsGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1986—33VIN SEARCH OF THE SILVER SCREEN/.Two of the man y faces of Mike Kotzeby Michael KotzeYou are not the kind of moviegoer who wouldbe at a place like this at this kind of movie. Buthere you are, and you cannot say the genre isentirely unfamiliar, although the details arefuzzy. You are watching Tom Cruise—or maybeit’s Rob Lowe, you can’t be too sure Anyway,you're semi-conscious and you are watchingTop Gun— but it might as well be About LastNight or Aliens or anything cause it’s not themovie, it’s the whole experience The wholedowntown first-run movie thing. Water TowerPlace. Chestnut Station. The Fine Arts. Andyou are thinking about where else you could be,seeing a movie. Not what, but where Or ratherhow Perhaps a $1.75 double bill at theBrighton, preceded by pie and a cup of coffeeat the Heart of Gold Coffee Shop. Or it could besomething obscure and trendy (“brilliant”—Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune) at the Film Cen¬ter, trading attitudes with the art students (hint:wear black) before and after the show. It doesnot have to be at the Water Tower, but here youare, sitting in a tiny, brightly colored (thoughnow mercifully darkened) auditorium, thinkingyou could care less about the movie you arewatching—what is important here is the setting,the attitude, because Top Gun, whatever itsmerits might be, is not the point; the movie isgoing to be a totally different experiencedepending on whether you see it at a pleasure-dome manque like the Water Tower, or in a carat a drive-in, or at home on a VCR, orwhereverSo all right, a movie guide that tells you whatsort of movie plays at what theater and how youget there and how much it is going to cost isfine, but it does not address the real issuesQuestions of attitude. Now (as the mightyturbines of first person begin to turn), there’s alot I’m going to leave out, due to the limitationsof time and space and my own sheer ignorancebut I hope to make what follows a reasonablydefinitive guide to everything you’ll really needto know about going to the movies in ChicagoDon’t worry, you’ll get the nuts-and-bolts stuff(the was. who, and wie viel hoo-hah), but whatwe’ll be concentrating on are the feet-sticking-to-the-floor questions of ambience—why justreview a movie when I can tell you where tofind the total film experience you really want?You can enjoy a relatively balanced film dietwithout leaving campus, thanks to the U of C’sthree film groups, DOC Films, Law SchoolFilms, and International House Talking Pic¬tures Granddaddy of these is DOC, whichshows movies every night of the quarter inCobb Hall’s Quantrell Auditorium, an unp¬repossessing bunker used for Nuremburg rally¬sized classes in the daytime. The facilities maynot be the greatest (expect at least one equip¬ment failure per show), but DOC presents avariety of big pop hits, The Purple Rainsand Risky Businesses, on Friday and Saturday(keep your distance from the labbies and fratboys who sneak in booze under their coats); therest of the week is devoted to series featuringHollywood “classics," foreign “films,” and justabout everything else described by the ad¬ jective “cinematic.” Like all other campus filmgroups, admission is $2.50. with quarterlypasses available—must-to-haves for theprudent if obsessive moviegoer. Law SchoolFilms shows movies four times a week in theLaw School Auditorium across the Midway andspecializes in Golden-Age-of-Hollywood-typestuff: Casablanca. Gone with the Wind. etc.Their "give-the-people-what-they-want” attitudemay result in fairly unimaginitive programming(how much of your life do you want to spendwatching The African Queen?) but it cannot bedenied that LSF provides the best facilities formoviegoing on campus: its comfortable audi¬torium and quiet, competent projection put it ina class by itself, the only drawback being itsinability to effectively present films in Cine¬mascope. that wide-screen format of choiceThe party-like “see-and-be-seen" atmosphereon weekends has its charms. I suppose, andany film group that shows Zulu with anyregularity can’t be all bad l-House presentsthree films a week in the l-House auditorium,generally popular foreign films and a few do¬mestic cult-type picks. A generally respectableset-up (with popcorn available), but beware thepitfall of the hall! The seating layout makes itlikely that the bottom half of the screen will beobstructed by the person sitting in front of you.making viewing of subtitled films (standard I-House fare) particularly irritating. Sneak up tothe balcony; you’ll be a long way from thescreen, but a clear view has its charms, non?The main reason to see movies on campus(beyond the convenience) is the offbeat pro¬gramming (DOC. in particular, shows filmsyou’ll have an opportunity to see maybe threeor four times in your lifetime, so take advan¬tage; how many chances do you get to see TheCaptain Hates the Sea, a film featuring a raredramatic appearance by the Three Stooges?)and the social element: beyond the Reg,movies are the only regular on-campus socialvenue, places where a U of C student reallyfeels like part of a community.If the films themselves were the only thingthat mattered in moviegoing, we’d never haveto leave campus. But after a while the regularvisits to DOC and Law School, with the occa¬sional pilgrimage to I House, gets very mon¬otonous, and lacking in glamour, excitement,and danger. Now it becomes important (and adamn good thing too) that there is a city outthere, a city bristling with kinomatic delights.The downtown/near north first-run fhovie isthe most common form of rebellion againstcampus film groups, and it has much to offer:buttered popcorn, large cokes, Lemonheads,the opportunity to leave Hyde Park, and most ofall, that all-important sense of newness, thatcutting edge feeling that only a just-releasedmovie can provide. Let’s start with the “pre¬stige” theaters: the Esquire and the McClurgCourt. Both have big auditoriums and tend to show the latest big-deal, 70mm Dolby stereoreleases, the ne plus ultra phase of the com¬mercial cinema. The Esquire is easily the morebeautiful: the graceful curves of its lobby andthe reach-for-the-stars audacity of its wildly outof proportion art-deco proscenium make it myfavorite theater in Chicago. Its sound system isfirst-class, and the projectionists attentive andunobtrusive, as all good projectionists must be.Technically the McClurg might be more im¬pressive (bigger screen, larger auditorium), butits erratic programming (Extremities? A revivalof The Wiz7) and downright ugly lobby areliabilities. Still it’s a great place to see a movie(and it’s even partially underground!) By theway, if you were away for the summer, I hate totell you this, but the Carnegie is closed, and Ithink its gone for good. I’m sorry.These theaters are on the Near-north side;by travelling less than a mile south, to the Loop,one will find movie houses similar in scale, butscruffier and less technically proficient (nostereo, clumsy projection), but nonetheless withcharms all their own. I speak of the Dearborn,the Woods, and the United Artists. All threetend to show double or even triple bills, usuallyone first-run plus a second-run or possibly olderfilm. For the most part, action and horror titles.Of the three. The Dearborn is my favorite,mainly because its multiple auditoriums reg¬ularly offer your choice of three double bills(Imagine! You could stay all day!). This is not toimply that the Woods or the United Artists areless than worthy establishments; I’m merelystating a highly subjective personal opinion ofthe kind that makes life so interesting for us all.All three houses afford you the chance toindulge in a Lou Reed-style walk on the wildside that actually entails little personal risk— adistinct and valid moviegoing experience, oftena raucous free-for-all of audience participation.So, as long as you remember to take theprecautions you would in any big-city urbanenvironment, enjoy the show! Even if you're notplanning on taking in a show, a walk to thecorner of Dearborn and Randolph is alwaysworthwhile, just to see those mighty marqueesproudly displaying such titles as AmericanNinja. The Evil Dead and Fists of Steel, a boldpublic statement that high-octane genre cinemais alive and kicking. Makes you proud to be anAmerican, don’t it?Sad to say, most downtown theaters are notin the Kubla Khan class of those I just de¬scribed—most provide the sort of cinematicexperience we have come to associate withsuburban shopping malls Classics of this kindare the Water Tower Theaters and the ChestnutStation, with variation on the theme at the FineArts and the Biograph. These theaters repre¬sent what is truly current in moviegoing as wellas what is truly pernicious; if I express a certainfondness for them it is, as Werner Herzog says,"against my better judgement.” The Water Tower is truly the monstre sacreeof the Chicago movie scene. The lobbies,redolent of glistening mirrors and red velvet,remind me of a New Orleans brothel as con¬ceived by Walt Disney: the chandeliers in thelower level are easily the most obscene andlubricious lighting fixtures I’ve ever seen. Thestaff, clearly hand-picked, are certainly therudest in Chicago, dressed in para-militaryuniforms, and constantly demanding tick-etstubs. The auditoriums (seven in all) are quitesmall, with tiny screens but as much as I'd liketo, I can’t condemn the place. First of all, thesheer number of screens means that they areprobably always showing something you wantto see (from Agnes of God to FraternityVacation). Secondly, the rest rooms are clean(something to appreciate, certainly), and lastlythe grotesque materialistic crypto-trendy yuppy-puppy ambience of Water Tower Place itselfmakes it the ideal place to view most moderncinema; for example, I couldn’t imagine seeingSt. Elmo's Fire anywhere else.The Chestnut Station, on the other hand,actually offers decent-sized auditoriums and isall in all not a bad place to see movies; the onlyproblem is the ambience of the place is deadly,generally offensive and threatening to humandignity. The pseudo art-deco lobby (don’t lookat the carpet! don’t look at the carpet!) ishideousness itself, and the staff treats filmgoerslike cattle or worse (which accounts for theinhuman behavior witnessed there: one time Iwas at the Chestnut, to see Pee-Wee’s BigAdventure, a true post-modernist classic, Iassure you, I saw an obese 6’2” man knock afrail 5’2” girl to the floor with one punch at theconcession stand. He retreated shouting “Youcan’t do anything to me! I’m a lawyer!!” Atypical Chestnut occurance, no doubt.) How¬ever, if you can bear man’s inhumanity to man,you can see a good selection of movies here onreasonably large screens. Caveat emptor, Latinscholars.The Fine Arts and the Biograph are a wholedifferent kettle of fish. Y’see they are bothsuburban multiplexes at heart, and there'snothing wrong with that, but they think ofthemselves as “art houses,” an appelation asbogus as a three dollar bill, if you’ll pardon twosuch hoary cliches (the other being “kettle offish”) in one paragraph. The most artisticallysatisfying movie I’ve seen all summer was TheFly, a movie the Fine Arts wouldn’t touch with aten foot pole, so who’s kidding whom aboutart? Anyway, both places tend to show thelatest trendy foreign and “independent"“films” although lately they've been gettingmore mainstream, showing such sure-fire mid¬dle-brow audience pleasers as A Room With aView and Stand By Me. What next?Amadeus? As far as auditoriums go, the FineArts (a fourplex) has two big ones (both con¬verted legit theaters, and as such not ideal formovie viewing, but good enough) and theBiograph (a triplex) has one big one (pretty nicetoo, but they’re in the habit of closing thecurtain over the final image of the movie)—their other auditoriums are not much to speakof, although if a movie you want to see iscontinued on page 36PURVEYORS OF FILM34—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOPRINTING DEPARTMENT1225 EAST 60TH STREET 962-1999 962-1999us overGREY CITY JOURNAL-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—35by Bob TravisFilm culture at the University of Chicago isrich, varied and historical. Few colleges anduniversities in the United States can match itsscope and independence.Founded in 1932, the International HouseFilm Society is the oldest film society at theUniversity. Its founder, Wesley Greene saw achance, with the newly dedicated theater atInternational House, to bring first-run foreignfilms, such as Carnival in Flanders andChenal’s Crime and Punishment, not only tothe University but to colleges throughout Chi¬cago. The series was co-sponsored by theRenaissance Society.“We tried to get films with English subtitles,but if we couldn’t, we still showed them —whatever seemed to be a good film weshowed,” states Wesley Greene, who left thefilm society in 1936 to form his own filmcompany, the International Film Bureau, whichspecializes in educational films.Under Wesley Greene’s direction, the Inter¬national House Film Society was “the first non-PURVEYORS OF FiLMcontinued from page 34playing at one of them you should probably go,I guess. The main point I’d like to make here isthat the ambience of these theaters is reallylittle different from the Water Tower or theChestnut, only more pretentious. Even so,there’s a decent refreshment stand at the FineArts and some good bars and restaurants nearthe Biograph.While we re on the North side, we might aswell visit a few more of its notable moviehouses. The Music Box, Chicago’s only re¬maining revival house, generally shows a dif¬ferent double bill each day in surroundings oflush neo-Mediterranean splendor (the ceiling,complete with twinkling lights to simulate thenight sky, has moving clouds projected upon itto complete the nights-in-old Spain effect); thisis a truly goofy place, goofy enough still to putreal butter on the popcorn. In stark contrast tothis caution-to-the-wind giddiness stands theFilm Center of the Art Institute, where cinematicsobriety is the order of the day. Here adazzlingly eclectic array of movies unspools inits austere, state-of-the-art auditorium—this iswhere most of the cutting-edge stuff receives itsfirst Chicago screenings, hence its appeal tohard-core cineastes, many of whom can beseen frantically finishing the last paragraphs of profit organization to show features from vari¬ous languages” in the United States. To besure, Harvard had started a foreign film seriesjust prior to the film society, but that series onlyshowed French films.Following Wesley Greene’s departure, theInternational House Film Society continued until1940, when a new executive director, whoseprior experience had been in the restaurantbusiness, dismantled the film society. He con¬sidered it a “frivolous” expense. After the war,however, the film society was revived and hasrun almost every year since.During the 1980s the International HouseFilm Society has become known for its showingof Latin American films, Indian films, and Sovietfilms. This year the Latin American StudyCenter will co-sponsor the Latin American filmseries, which will include: Gaijin, The OfficialStory, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands,Rockers, and several Bunuel’s from his Mexi¬can period. Other highlights are: A Sunday inthe Country (fall), Aguirre, Wrath of God(winter), and The Lacemaker (spring). The filmarticles in Cahiers as the houselights dim. It’sthat kind of place. Go to be cool; go to see film.Another hard-core hand-out is Facets Multi-media, offering a wide variety of alternativecinema plus a lot of big-time foreign stuff thatinexplicably never makes it to Chicago's com¬mercial “art-house” screens (too busy showingPumping Iron II: The Women?). The audi¬toriums are not luxurious, but that is scarcelythe point: Facets would probably be ev»'«n morehip if it was even less comfortable; but evenwith questions of hipness aside, Facets is animportant resource for the more-than-casualfilmgoer.However, speaking as a more-than-casualfilmgoer, the true pinnacles of kinopleasure arenot to be found in any of the aforementionedvenues, but rather in those cinematic holies ofholies, Chicago's many second-run houses,where a robust double or triple bill will nourishboth body and spirit, usually for the low, lowprice of $1.75. Here you can see such unlikelyand enlightening pairing as Places in the Heartand Dune, Places in the Heart and The Termi¬nator, or Places in the Heart and City of theWalking Dead. It is here that one can trulyappreciate the cock-eyed pleasures of kino,savoring the occasional pearl cast by the swineof the commercial cinema in its truest, mostappropriate, and least pretentious setting: it ismuch more exciting to discover neglected mas-terworks of this bastard art at a dingy neigh- society will also show a revival of "forgotten”foreign classics from the Trans-World collec¬tion, such as: La Symphonie Pastorale, Mexi¬can Bus Ride, Nayak, The Man Who Had HisHair Cut Short, and The Broken Jug.Commenting on the film society’s programfor this year, Tang Wen-Fang, its film chairman,states: "I think that what we want to do is topresent films from different countries and tomake our name consistent with InternationalHouse. Hopefully we want to make it a place forcross-cultural understanding.”Although officially founded in 1940, Doc, orthe Documentary Film Group, actually had itsstart in International House after WesleyGreene’s departure. As with all momentousbeginnings, Doc came about over a con¬troversy. Apparently, as the story goes, Inter¬national House refused to show All Quiet on theWestern Front. Robert Lewis and Jack Atlee,co-founders of Doc, decided it was time to forma new film group and Doc was established."The Documentary Film Group was organ¬ized for the realist study of the era via non¬fiction film; it was a non-profit associationwhose purpose was to conduct film activities,research, and related programs,” states MaryLewis, an early Doc member.During its early history, Doc offered filmstudy classes, film institutes, film discussions,classes on how to project, and also made filmsabout life on campus. It was a young, vibranttime, a time of experimentation and a time totake risks and show the works of unfamiliardirectors such as Norman McLaren and PaulStrand.Despite such adventures in film culture, Docfound it hard to pay for the showing of doc¬umentary films, and soon after its inceptionRobert and Mary Lewis instituted the “FictionSeries,” shown on alternate Tuesdays.“It would not be unusual to see studentswaiting in a long line to see a Jean Gabin filmsuch as Grand Illusion in French with Englishsubtitles. Often there were two showings toaccommodate the crowd," states Mary Lewis.Crowds have continued to flock to Docshowings ever since and this year should proveno exception, as Doc moves into the new MacPalvesky Theater in Ida Noyes Hall in lateOctober. The new theater will be equipped withthe largest screen on campus, Dolby sound and35mm capability. It will seat 500. Of the move,Erik Lieber, the current Doc chairman, states:"We're getting out of a classroom and gettinginto a theater.”“I think the building of the new cinema willbring an awareness of projection style, originalwide screen, the subtlety of black and whiteand very good color prints. People say, why goto the movies when you can rent a video andsee it at home? Well, the new cinema willcreate a greater sensitivity to film technology,”states Gerald Mast, Professor of English in thecollege and a film theorist.Having not shown documentaries in sometime. Doc plans to return to its roots this falland show a collection of some of the mostimportant documentaries in the history of thecinema such as: Titicut Follies and Hearts andMinds. Other film series planned for the fall are:an Orson Welles series, a Werner Herzogseries, and a Howard Hawks series. As youmight have guessed, Doc is into showing filmsby auteurs. This started in the mid-sixties afterAndrew Sarris introduced the French notion ofthe Auteur Theory to the American public."Yet it is a mistake to think Doc is onlyinterested in auteurs: Doc is interested in thehistory of the cinema. We show series onWarner Brothers’ pictures, RKO, cine-maphotograpers and open foreign films. Butthat’s what the auteur theory is all about — thehistory of a body of work,” states Ben Wolf,former Doc member and now an assistant filmproducer.True to the vision of its founders, Doc stillshows more popular films on the weekends tofund its passion for film study during week-nights. "Doc tries to show what hasn’t beenseen in a while — showing something in its fullentirety, showing something in scope — and tobring all types of film to campus and toborhood movie house filled with high-schoolkids on dates than among the mise-en-scenespotters at the Fine Arts or the Film CenterHere you’ll find the popular art form at its mostpopular—and its most vital One can learn asmuch from Arnold Schwarzenegger as fromIngmar Bergman; by all means, see WildStrawberries, but don’t neglect Commando.My favorite second-run house is the Brighton,located in the heart of Brighton Park's ArcherAvenue business district, next to Gertie’s IceCream and across the street from two finecoffee shops, either ideal for pre-show fortifica¬tion. The ambience of the neighborhod remindsme of my hometown, and the theater itselfusually features double bills of movies I didn’tquite have the gumption to see first-run. Todescribe the Brighton, I can only quote thewords of the great American poet, Cole Porter:“The best, the crest, the works.” There aremany other fine neighborhood movie houses inour fair city— seek them out.While speaking of neighborhood moviehouses, it would be remiss of me to neglect tomention our own temple of art, the Hyde ParkTheaters, a triplex just blocks from campus Ifeel compelled to say that its presence somehow upsets the natural order of things, and thatit amounts to some sort of invasion by theoutside world into our little cloister. That reser¬vation stated, I must say its pretty groovyhaving first-run movies five minutes from my Chicago. On weekends we show films forpeople who aren't that interested in film history,but during the week we can be more histori¬cal,” states Erik Lieber.The third and perhaps the most popular filmgroup on campus is Law School Films. LawSchool Films specializes in American classicsfrom the thirties, forties, fifties and sixties,though it has been known to throw an occa¬sional contemporary curve at its audiences.The highlight of the group’s program willcome this winter. "For our tenth anniversarywe’re going to have a ‘Best of the Studios’series and for one week we’re going to showthe best films from the studios,” states CathyForest, Law School Films chairwoman.Law School’s philosophy is to give studentsthe chance to see the classic American films ofall time and it often shows such noted films as:Woman of the Year, Shadow of a Doubt, Lolita,Bringing Up Baby, Philadelphia Story, PalmBeach Story, Casablanca, The Big Sleep,Rebel Without a Cause, Rear Window, Strang¬ers On a Train, The African Queen, and last butnot least The Thin Man series.Given this rich source of film showings, onemight expect the development of a creative andindependent culture of film study at the Uni¬versity of Chicago. Although the discussion offilm and research on film was evident duringthe early days of Doc, it was not until the latesixties that a literary film culture emerged.Myron Meisel, a former Doc chairman, andCharles Flynn, a former Doc member, devel¬oped a new approach to film culture — theybecame the first film programmers qua filmcritics — and that tradition continues down tothe present day. Others who followed are: DaveKehr (Doc), Jeff Makos (Doc), Mike Kotze (Doc),Pat Finegan (Law School), and Bob Travis(International House).This tradition of literary film study "started inthe late sixties as an alternative to the traditionof the great books. Film then was not consid¬ered worthy of serious attention,” states GeraldMast.But what effect has film culture had on theindividual at the University? When asked toexplained this effect, Dave Kehr, former Docchairman and the film critic for the ChicagoTribune, relates: “It was one of the reasons formy going to the University of Chicago. I wantedto go to a film school, but I also wanted adegree that meant something. But the mostimportant thing is to see a lot of films and that’swhat the University of Chicago is all about.”Candace Mirza, Director of the University ofChicago Film Study Center, a university centerwith over 500 important films, concurs: "TheUniversity of Chicago allows for original andindependent work on films and that’s some¬thing that some of the big-name film schoolsdon’t offer — in some of them you just followthe line.”Given the historic independence of film cul¬ture at the University, how does film culturehere compare to film programs at other uni¬versities? "Awareness of film history is fargreater at the University of Chicago than else¬where in Chicago. My guess is that Doc and theother film societies show as fine a film reper¬toire as any university in the country, both inperiod and style, American and European,”states Gerald Mast.My own experience as Program Director atTrans-World Films confirms this observation.For instance, at two of the more prestigious filmschools, New York University and the Univer¬sity of Southern California, film societies onlyshow popular commerical films. As such, manynon-film majors graduate knowing very littleabout film culture. At other schools the attitudeof film programmers is even worst: film chair¬men at Arizona State University, the Universityof Maryland, and the University of RhodeIsland, for instance, do not even programforeign films, because "they don’t makemoney.”Indeed, film culture at the University ofChicago is, as Dave Kehr observes, "extra¬ordinarily good.” It is an ideal place for the filmenthusiast, not only to see films but to share intheir presentation and interpretation.door. Add to that the quick turnover of films andthe $2.50 early and late discount shows, and Imight as well admit that the Hyde Park hascompletely won me over. The atmosphere isn’tgreat (this can’t be denied) but the accessibilityof the place is just terrific. It’s the cinematicequivalent of the neighborhood 7-11; I’d like tothank its owner for bringing impulse movie¬going back into my life.I’d be a darn fool if I didn’t add that theChicago International Film Festival will run thisNovember. This is a chance to see a lot ofmovies Chicago will otherwise not get a chanceto see, and in a festive atmosphere, to boot!The Festival is a yearly event, and although thisyear’s selection of films is not yet final, it islikely to be pretty interesting Likewise, thecharm and glamour of getting to hang out withthe filmmakers themselves—directors,screenwriters, and actors regularly attend thetest—cannot be denied. Party down— with film!There is so much more to say, but so muchis best left to be discovered on your own— sostart exploring Remember to check the Rey¬nolds Club Box Office before you go; manyChicago theaters offer discount tickets whichcan save you as much as half of the normaladmission price— no reason to pay more thanyou have to. 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GARFIELDEby Blithe SmithAssuming you don’t get carded, go toJimmy's Woodlawn Tap on any Thursday nightJimmy’s epitomizes Hyde Park — it draws asmany old timers as it does fresh oxford-cladundergraduates talking about The Republicunder an Old Style ad. And on Thursdays, yousee a new direction in theater, the Avant-Garfielde Improv Group, develop in the backroom. Using drama games and audience par¬ticipation, the group creates a raw comedy thatsometimes leaves you wondering why you’relaughing.Avant-Garfielde is proud that they will neverreach epidemic proportions; their philosophylimits their appeal. And as their director, SteveSchroer, explains, they’re “not interested inreaching the lowest common denominator ofmainstream Chicago comedy.” The groupprides itself on what it is not: the actors do notdo parodies, impersonations, or as Schroersays, 'yuppies in fern bars.” As Mark Holl-mann puts it, “We don’t make gratuitous ref¬erences to sex, violence, or the city of ChicagoAnd I think that widens our range of material,we try to do improv in the spirit of what improvwas meant to be.”The group avoids what they call "topicaltheater" — theater which limits its scope tosuch timely, easily recognized ideas and eventsof the day. They strive, instead, to create non-recognizable, yet identifiable images. They'lluse a shoe to satirize the American dreambefore they’ll impersonate Ronald Reagan.They attack and explore timeless ideas likejealousy, loneliness, communication — not thelatest trend depicted on a Time magazinecover.“Most people leave a comedy theater feelingsuperior because comedy groups love to makefun of assholes,” says Schroer. “The actorsmake fun of media personalities, working classdogs — anything to get a-laugh-a-minute, andthe underlying idea is 'we're these intelligent,superior actors, and you’re a sophisticatedaudience, so...' I find that attitude morallycomtemptible. Yeah, write it down, I wanteveryone to know, I find it morally con¬temptible.”The group espouses “serious theater" astheir premise for comedy It’s funny as all hell,but the humor is an outcome, not a goal "Wetry to portray intelligent, believable charactersmaking real choices,” says member Phil Lortie.-“We want it to relate to your own life, but itshouldn’t be easy for you. We want to reallychallenge the audience.”Now let's face it, a local bar on a Thursdaynight is not exactly conducive to a re-evaluationof our values, hopes and goals, but Avant-Garfielde’s theater is serious because they care Non-recognizable imagesfirst and foremost about making the charactersbelievable Mark Hollmann putting a hat on hisarm and inviting it to tea is funny because he infact believes it, or at least, his character does.And it induces what Schroer calls "joy laugh¬ter"; joy of watching the actor's inventionbefore you.The troupe actually invents cohesive sceneson stage, unlike most improv groups whichperform scenes already created in practice. Anoccasional silence or dead joke makes theaudience squirm, but it brings us to actually seetheater in process'Backwards/Forwards,” an exercise thegroup invented, relies on the necessary trustamong the actors. The audience suggests thefirst and last lines of a scene, and the players,taking turns, work from end to beginning tocreate the scene backwards. The scene playsagain forwards. Each actor, then, must hopethat the others have a good idea For example,from the audience suggested last line;“Oh, you’re just mad ”“Why must you stab me over and over?”then"I’ll kill you!” . .. and continues until the players must arrive atthe given first line to the skit. With “Backwards/Forwards," they have created a challengingtool for their rehearsal, but for them to putthemselves through it on a stage (Jimmy’s,being the theater) borders on human sacrifice.They prove that they are truly improv per¬formers.Second City, for all its hype about Improv atMidnight, is actually planned spontaneity. Theycan’t risk, financially, an audience that doesn'tlaugh, so when the audience provides an idea,the skit they perform in response has beencreated and perfected in their numerous re¬hearsals Avant-Garfielde turned down twoaudience ideas last week because they hadalready done them in practice. The group’sappeal actually lies in its unpolished appear¬ance.Of course, Hyde Park has a reputation forthis sort of thing. Before the University bought55th Street, "The Campus Players” (whichwould later become the Second City) began ata bar next door to Jimmy’s in the early fifties. Itincluded Mike Nichols and Elaine May. amongothers. Based on the premise of "intelligent. real theater,” the shows were very U of C-esque: given an author, for example, the troupewould perform a scene in that figure s voiceDecades later, Schroer, the managing direc¬tor of University Theater, conducted intensiveworkshops which evolved into the Avant-Garfielde and the original premise evolved intoan attempt, as Phil Lortie puts it, “to make youhate it. We want to jolt the audience in someway."The group recently completed a well-receivedcomedy revue on the north side called TheRack, even Rick Kogan of the Tribune heralds itas “purposefully confrontational." Although theshow received mixed reviews from the Readerit appears the reviewer used Second Citystandards for the group.They plan to continue with Thursdays, andwork on another non-improv piece, the group’smain essay. Although their improvisationaltheater provides the ideas for their practicedwork, they want to work on the latter. "You canget away with a lot more doing improv."Schroer says, “but a comedy revue, say, hasmore bite You can go deeper into what youreally want to do.”“I could write a book about the dynamics ofthe group," says Phil Lortie, and it’s clear thatthe actors believe it's important to work as agroup. It’s a hit or miss affair, and the quality ofthe show varies with the quality of the group senergy The group includes three old-timers.Phil Lortie, John Hildreth, and Mark Hollmann,all ex-U-of-C’ers, and Tom Dorfmeister, who isnew to Chicago, and lives on the North SideEach member has developed a style whichworks as much when they use it as when theytry to avoid it Hildreth's vocal expression drawseveryone’s attention, they wait for his reactions;Hollmann’s nerdy facial creations conjure upimages of country hicks and businessmen.Lortie is the comfortable talker who can fall intoany character Dorfmeister has a great sense ofthe give and take, and works in the scenelogically and lets it build. It’s hard to describe atypical improv-er. Although all of the presentmembers have received previous theatricaltraining, past members have been pedestrianswho happen to fall into it. Lortie claims he’s“predisposed to it — I take risks socially.” buthe admits, and all the sweat proves, that “it’spainful for me to be up there A million thingsare racing through my head, and I’ll do any¬thing to keep the audience involved ”The group is definitely not college art. Theirdetermination makes you believe in them: “wehave a chance to make something of our¬selves" To Avant-Garfielde, Chicago theaterrepresents Big Brother, and they avoid the“huge institution." Such a manifesto is difficultto follow, and sometimes difficult to watch, butAvant-Garfielde is in the worksSHOOTING OPBARTLETTby Brett BobleyWHPK and the Major Activities Board arevery proud to be bringing Naked Raygun, oneof Chicago's most exciting bands, to rockBartlett Gymnasium on Friday, October 3 at 8pm. Opening up for Naked Raygun will bePrecious Wax Drippings, a young group fromthe North Side of Chicago.There is no better way to introduce theincoming freshmen, transfer, and graduatestudents to the Chicago music scene than bybringing its best right here to campus. NakedRaygun is currently one of the most promisingyoung bands in the country. They are made upof Eric Spicer on drums, John Haggerty onguitar, Pierre Kezdy on bass, and Jeff Pezzation vocals. Combining strong melodies withpunk rock power, Naked Raygun has been aChicago favorite ever since the release of theirfirst LP, Basement Screams in 1983.Naked Raygun has built a formidable reputa¬tion for being one of the most powerful livebands in the country, and it will be interestingto see if they can live up that reputation andtear the roof off Bartlett Gymnasium.Naked Raygun's most recent LP, All Rise,was easily their best-selling record, nding highon the college charts for several months AllRise includes "Home of the Brave," “Peace¬maker,” and several other smashes which wereheard non-stop on college radio this summer.Writing about All Rise, the New York Timesmusic critic Robert Palmer said "There aremelodies you can hum and moments of light¬ness and humor, too. on a record that burnswith intensity, commitment, firepower andmomentum," (April 4, 1986).The opening band, Precious Wax Drippings,played their first gig several months ago, open¬ing for Guadalcanal Diary. In a short period oftime, they have made quite an impact on theChicago music scene, already playing dates atthe Cabaret Metro, Exit, and Gaspars. They arecurrently working with Dave Riley, the bass Free singles at Bartlett Gymplayer for Big Black, on some demos for theirfirst vinyl release. Precious Wax Drippings aredefinitely a band to watch for in the very nearfuture.Tickets for the concert go on sale Tuesday,September 23 in the Reynolds Club (5706South University Avenue). They will cost $4 50for students and $5.50 for non-students Inaddition, all freshman, transfer students, andby Brett BobleyNew Wind (Positive Force)Walk Together, Rock Together (Better YouthRecords Import)New Wind, the new LP from 7 Seconds, is apowerful and essential new record. Since theirinception, 7 Seconds has earned a reputationfor two things playing super, super fast hard¬core, and for clinging very strongly to theirpunk/egalitarian lyrical concerns. 7 Secondsnever sings about unimportant things—everysong addresses a strong belief in the power ofyouth, the power of unity, of racial harmony,and freedom of choiceUnfortunately, many of yesterday’s hardcore incoming graduate students should check theirOrientation Packets for a Naked Raygun flyer.Each flyer has a coupon which is good for afree LP record for 12” single at the concert,courtesy of WHPK radio. WHPK hopes that bygiving out these free records more new stu¬dents will come to the show.The show will definitely be a super-fun danceparty—but it will also be something of anbands have evolved into heavy metal bandswhen they felt they had outgrown the stringentconstraints of hardcore. But on New Wind, 7Seconds has taken on a haunting melodicismwhich, unlike their heavy metal peers, hasmade their music more powerful New Wind isfilled with many terrific tracks—fast and hard,but with a sincerity and melodicism whichmakes it even more subversive than theirearlier, and less accessible, releases. Leadsinger Kevin Seconds' lyrics try to explain to hisfans why his music is changing, why it issincere and not a sell-out;“Stand by my side, I know it’s hard 'causewe’re afraid, I know I am/Please understand,it’s time to grow more than you know ” experiment ft is the first major concert co¬sponsored by WHPK, the alternative musicstation of the University. If the show is asuccess, there will no doubt be many moreWHPK sponsored concerts to come over theremainder of the school year With both WHPKand MAB bringing acts down here to the SouthSide, this school year looks like it will be morefun than any other before it.“This music from my heart, it is so differentfrom before, it may seem so/But it’s just themusic from my heart ”Walk Together, Rock Together was originallyreleased last year as an EP. with music pro¬duced by Ian MacKaye the former lead singerof Minor Threat This import version sports anew cover plus an entire new side Side one isthe Walk Together EP and side two containslive tracks recorded at Fender’s Ballroom, inLong Beach California.Walk Together. Rock Together is a very goodrecord—the first indication of the melodicismwhich would appear on New Wind. It alsocontains a very funny—but touching—coverversion of Nena's 99 Red Balloons The liveside is pretty good as well, mixing older andnewer material The import of Walk TogetherRock Together is definitely a worthwhile pur¬chase if you don’t already own the original EPNew Wind should be picked up at all costsWIND FROM THE HEARTGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1986—39The TextbookDepartment ofthe Universityof ChicagoBookstore The Textbook DepartmentThe University of ChicagoBookstore970 E. 58th St.welcomesall new andreturning students andwishes you a successfulFall Quarter EXTENDED HOURSfor Fall OpeningSaturday, September 27th 9 AM * 2 PMTextbook Returnsthat meet the Return Policy belowwill be accepted at the 3rd floorBookstore Office Monday, September 29th throughWednesday, October 1st: 8:30* 5 PMTextbookReturn Policy•No returns will be accepted withouta bookstore cash register receipt.•Books must be returned withintwo weeks of purchase.•There will be a 50c charge foreach book returned that meetsthe above requirements.•Books will not be accepted forreturn after the NINTH WEEK. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOBOOKSTOREDowntown Location:Textbook Department190 E. Delaware3rd FloorThe University of Chicago BookstoreTextbook Department970 E. 58th St.Tel. 962-7116 Hours:Monday through Friday5 p.m. - 9 p.m.Telephone:THE MAIN BOOKSTORE(2nd FLOOR)HOURSMONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 266-3465Visa, Mastercard and American Expressaccepted.40— FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1986—GREY CITY JOURNALIS IT LIVE?i IS IT LIVE?IS II LIVE?by Brian MulliganWhatever the long range problems theatremay have in the future, today’s theatre scene inChicago is an amazingly vibrant one. There arepresently over half a dozen firmly establishedcompanies working here. Further, each yearsees the birth of new groups and theatres (inconverted store fronts, in bars, in restaurants)and the evolution of older ones. Few of thesenew companies will survive and take root; mostwill sink back into oblivion but in the processChicagoans are presented with a lot of inter¬esting theatre. What follows is a rough guide tosome of the more notable theatre to be seen.The Goodman Theatre, located downtownbehind the Art Institute is the mainstay ofChicago theatre. It is easily one of the besttheatres in the country. Last year the Goodmanlost its artistic director, Gregory Mosher (whowas responsible for the original productions ofDavid Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross and DavidRabe’s Hurlyburly) to New York's Lincoln Cen¬ter Theatre. Taking his place is the ex-artisticdirector of Wisdom Bridge Theatre, RobertFalls. Falls has scheduled an ambitious firstyear for himself. Productions include TheTempest, Stephen Sondheim’s “difficult" mu¬sical Sunday in the Park With George, and anassembled piece by Frank Galati, a well knownChicago director, entitled She Always Said.Pablo, which will combine texts by GertrudeStein, Picasso’s art and the music of Stravinskyand Virgil Thompson. The season opener willbe a revival of Brecht's Galileo starring BrianDennehy.Entering its eleventh season, the Step-penwolf Theatre company is the undisputed‘ star" of Chicago theatre. In its short historySteppenwolf has quickly become one of themost influential companies in the country. In1981 the ensemble resurrected Sam Shepard'sTrue H'esf which has been judged a failureafter two awful productions in San Franciscoand New York. The production, starring JohnMalkovich, was a huge success here and inNew York where it was re-staged the followingyear. It was this production, along with latertransplants to New York (And A NightingaleSang. Orphans) which established Steppenwolfas a national presence. Most recently theSteppenwolves collaborated with Tom Waits onFrank's Wild Years. This year they will try theircollective hand on productions of Cat on a HotTin Roof, Chekhov’s The Seagull and SamShepard's unwteldly and very nearly pointless ALie of the Mind. The opening work of theseason is Bang, the first play of Laura Cun¬ningham. a former New York Times writer,having to do with a survivalist couple waiting forthe apocalypse in their underground bunker.The Wisdom Bridge Theatre has also es¬tablished itself as a nationally known companywith its productions of In the Belly of the Beastand Kabuki Medea which have had nationaltours. Having lost their guiding light RobertFalls to the Goodman, leaves Wisdom Bridgewith an uncertain future. Their first productionof the year is to be Union Boys having to dowith workers losing their jobs (and self respect)to automation. The play was written by amember of the union which has been on strikeagainst the Chicago Tribune for over a yearThe Remains Theatre begins their new sea¬son with the premiere of New York wunderkindKeith's Raddm’s The Highest Standard of Liv¬ing. Remains has been responsible for anumber of notable productions in recent years.Of the established groups working in Chicago.Remains is by far the most daring in theirchoice of material. They have done Brecht'sThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny tc arock score, a strange minimalist production ofMoby Dick as well as a Saroyan's The Time ofYour Life and Christopher Durang's Baby withthe Bathwater. Of late, they have done anumber of more political worKs having to dowith such nifty topics as government torture.This year Remains has settled into the OrganicTheatre on North Clark as a permanent homeAlso well known is Victory Gardens Theatrewhich has done a number of respectable pro¬ductions over the years. Victory Gardens has!ong put a great deat^il effort into producing theworks of new playwrights, especially from theChicago area. Next spring they will stage TheGreat Chicago Playwrights Exposition with theBody Politic Theatre performing as many asfifteen new plays by Chicago writers Theirseason opens this month with Other Places,two one-act plays by angstmeister HaroldPinterCloser to home is the U of C’s Court Theatre,which has in less than ten years time evolvedfrom a amateur university group into a highlyprofessional theatre group Though sometimescriticized for a certain blandness and lack of daring it must be said that what Court does itdoes well. Tending towards period pieces theyhave staged creditable productions of Shake¬speare, Ibsen, Sheridan, Beckett, Joe Orton aswell as more Shaw than you would ever want tosee. This year’s offerings include the Oresteiaof Aeschylus as well as works by Noel Cowardand Tom Stoppard.So much for the realm of Ibsen, Beckett,Shakespeare, and Mamet. Let’s talk Broadway,let’s talk A Chorus Line, let’s talk Neil Simon!Years ago. theatre in Chicago meant only thenational tours of Broadway hits or occasionallya show on its way to a New York opening.These shows are done in a few theatresclustered in the Loop; the Schubert, the Black-stone, the Arie Crown and beginning this year,the Chicago. Expected productions for thecoming season include Biloxie Blues by Amer¬ica’s favorite playwright, Neil Simon, Legendswith Carol Channing and Mary Martin, TwylaTharp's Singin' in the Rain and Bob Fosse’snew staging of Sweef Charity. Ticket prices forthese shows are quite high in comparison to thesmaller repertory companies mentioned earlier.One rung down from these large scale en¬tertainments are shows which are from thesame mold but on a less grand scale. Many ofthese shows, such as A. . My Name is Alice,Art. Ruth and Trudy. Pump Boys and Dinettesare better described as cabaret than as theatre.They pop up in different theatres around thecity but don’t you worry—they’ll be very welladvertised.Another realm of live theatre which must bementioned is the comedy group Of course, theby Laura RebeckMany people are curious to know exactlywhat goes on when a student theatrical pro¬duction goes up. From my years of experiencewith involvement with theater at the Universityof Chicago, I can describe what more or lessgoes on. The scenario runs something like this:Some insane person decides that they wouldlike to direct a play. This play could be anythingfrom Macbeth to Cats. This person then per¬suades some insane friends to participate inthis production, usually in the capacity ofproducer, assistant director, or technical direc¬tor (this particular person has lost all touch withreality; don’t bother trying to get anyone withany idea of reality to take on this job). Thesepeople put together a proposal, making upnames for other positions as they oo along, andturn this into the Managing Director of Univer¬sity Theater, who gives an appropriate gruntand files this proposal (hopefully not in thecircular file). Keep in mind that “insane” is arelative term used for the benefit of those whohave had little exposure to the University. Afteryou've spent some time here, you'll realize thatthese people are no more insane that, say, youraverage pre-med But maybe that's a con¬tradiction in terms.The next step in this procedure is to holdauditions. This involves a bunch of masochistsbanging their heads against the wall of thedirector’s preconceptions. Those causing themost damage, either to themselves or to thedirector, get cast. The masochists (henceforthknown as “the cast") get together with thedirector and try to hammer out somethingcoherent from the script. This procedure is notalways successful, but it often improves uponrepetition (but not always).During this procuedure of trying to form atheatrical reality from an incorporeal heap ofwords, the technical director runs around towntrying not to get ripped off on his or her orders.Again, this is not always successful. The pro¬ducer spends hours on the telephone trying topersuade other people whom he or she feelshave lost significant touch with sanity to parti¬cipate as backstage help, costume designers,or lighting designers (also known as "Hey,you,” or Who's that silent person staring atthe ceiling?”). The producers either give upafter two days or get into such a frenzy ofdialing that they must be restrained when theycatch sight of a telephone, or else they causeuntold damage to their index fingers.Eventually the production gets to the pointwhere only a few cast members (five or six) arestill trying to remember lines, the lighting direct¬or has spent an average of sixty hours a weekin the lighting booth, and the producer ordirector (sometimes both) should be carted offto the nearest padded room. There are still grand dame in this category is Second Citywhich began lo, those many years ago at theUniversity of Chicago. For the last few yearsthe revues coming out of Second City havebeen shaky at best. Other pretenders to thethrone have appeared, most notably the ImprovOlympic at Crosscurrents under the super¬vision of Del Close, one of the funniest men inChicago. Another group to emerge from the Uof C, Avant Garfielde did their first show thissummer on the north side to respectable re¬views.One last note on the economics of all thisshow going. Ticket prices tend, for most es¬tablished theatres, to be in the $15-20 range.For the newer, less known groups anywherefrom $5-15. Considering you probably paid $6to see Tom Cruise posing in his towel playingwith his long pencil or long beer bottle or verylong plane these prices are a real bargain.However if you are really cheap there are asome snags to be resolved, however. Theseusually get straightened out around 4 pm of theopening night. By this time, everyone is sick ofthe sight of everyone else, and all are resolving.“Never again.” This resolution changes dras¬tically, however, when the play opens and thesmall but enthusiastic audience laughs heartilyat every joke, weeps at tne proper moments,and applauds wildly at the close This is knownas a success, and everyone walks offstagewondering why they didn’t get involved intheater sooner. They all proceed to the apart¬ment of a cast member who has nothing terriblyvaluable in their home (in case of damage) andeveryone gets thoroughly trashed on their fa¬vorite chemical. Usually the police or securitypays a visit to the house o' fun, providingendless jokes for the partying contingent.Well, okay—maybe I’m exaggerating just abit. This doesn't always happen at studentproductions. Student productions aren’t labor¬ious events, although they're not completelysweetness and light, either. But many remark¬able productions and close friendships resultfrom this compressed process known as stu¬dent theater. Around here its official name is"University Theater." which is composed ofeleven people—the Managing and TechnicalDirectors of University Theater, two helpfulpeople by the names of Steve Schroer and BobJames, and nine students, or close app¬roximations thereof. These students were oncebored members of separate student organiza¬tions. University Theater has gone through couple of ways to cut costs. There is a Hot Tixbooth at 24 S. State ODen 6 days a week whereone can buy tickets at a substantial savings forthat night’s performance. Some theatres offerstudent discounts or rush tickets. Goodman, forinstance, will sell their unsold tickets to stu¬dents 15 minutes to before curtain (asGoodman often sells out do call first). Step¬penwolf has a $2 discount for students for anyperformance excepting Friday and Saturdaynights. Call the theatre of your choice to checktheir policy. One last option is to be a volunteerusher and see a show for free Court usuallyhas a sign-up sheet in the Reynold’s Clublobby. Do note that you will find yourself held invery low esteem if you sign-up but don't showup. And the people at Court have amazinglylong memories. Steppenwolf sometimes ad¬vertises in the Reader classified for ushers.Again, check with different theatres on theirpolicy.some drastic changes over the last six months.Until recently, University Theater was basicallya figurehead under which student groups op¬erated UT was responsible for allocation ofspace and properties, and the student groupschose proposals and were responsible for theirproduction. In the spring, however, three of thefour existing student groups agreed to form aboard under the UT name, reasoning thatcooperation among those interested in studenttheater would produce better productions. Cur¬rently the only student theater group apart fromUniversity Theater is Concrete Gothic TheatreThey chose to remain independent, fearing thatan umbrella organization would threaten crea¬tivity and individuality.Student theater is presently in a somewhatexperimental stage, since the University Thea¬ter committee has not had enough time toprove its feasibility—or infeasibility, as the casemay be. Student theater is always on thelookout for new blood, and if your interest liesin n-m direction, there are many new produc¬tions which would welcome interested parties,including: “Tango,” a translation from thePolish; "Dracula.” a Concrete Gothic Theatreproduction; “Mourning Becomes Electra.”“Fiddler on the Roof,” and “School forScandal.” If you are interested in participatingin student theater, keep your eyes peeled forauditions, or contact any of the student theaterrepresenatatives. They will be more than willingto sacrifice your sanity for student theater Evenif you're not.Nick Rudall and David Grene discuss the OrestiaGerald Mast. Joel Snyder and Frank Kinahan discuss the whiteness of the whaleLOSING TOUCH AT THE 0 OF CGREY CITY JOURNAL—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986—41~~-MLookingfor die rightDoctor?The answer is as close as a phone call away.Whether you need emergency medical careor treat merit of a nasty cold, the last thing youwant to worry about is where to finda good doctor.That’s why we have develop¬ed The Physician ReferralNetwork, a comprehensivereferral service and listingof physicians close toyour home. A variety •of medical specialtiesare practiced by thesedoctors who are also onstaff at ChicagoOsteopathic MedicalCenter.The Physician ReferralNetwork and its refer¬ral service will answer anyquestions you may have regarding aphysician’s medical discipline and office !location. We can help you find adoctor that suits your particular needs; from emergency medical treatmentto school physicals.This free service is pro¬vided by the ChicagoOsteopathicMedical Center.Call 947-3880.Because whenyou’re concernedabout your health, thefirst thing you shouldknow is where to find agood doctor.ChicagoOsteopathicMedical Center5200 S, Ellis AvenueChicago, Illinois 60615Physician Referral Network(312) 947-3880C M C42—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986-GREY CITY JOURNALTHE EVE OF DESTRUCTIONThe End of the World: A HistorvOtto FriedrichFromm International Publishingpaper, 384 pps„ $11.95by Steven K. AmsterdamFor Otto Friedrich’s history of the end of theworld, the definition of the last epv,ch must takeon small proportions: the end of the world is notthe destruction of the planet to its core, but thedrastic and demoralizing change of a civiliza¬tion. Friedrich has given himself the ambitioustask of exploring the same historical phenom¬enon in different times and cultures; fallenRome, Europe during the Inquisition and theBlack Death, pre-revolutionary Russia underNicholas II, Auschwitz under Hitler, and Hir¬oshima after the atom bomb.Friedrich, a senior writer at Time specializesin telling what might be called “human his¬tories," portraying a period by giving the detailsof people's lives rather than their presidents.His Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin inthe 1920s provides for Germany what FrederickLewis Allen's Only Yesterday offered for the USof the same period: asking what were thedesires and fears of the average citizen andhow could they have known what was ahead?He accomplishes what many historians wouldnot even attempt, successfully recreating thenightmares from every continent and everycentury. However, in trying to give the samePompeii: breach of contract comprehensive attention to the people of theperiods discussed in The End of the World, heoverextends himself.Before the Deluge is successful because it isexpected to be a period piece and nothing else,but the goal of this work, ostensibly to learnabout the nature of despair and survival cannotbe attained by Friedrich’s enlightening butsimple method of mere storytelling.The surplus of human suffering with its lackof analysis are reasons to doubt any academicpossibility for The End of the World, aside fromits informational merit. With far more facts thanphilosophy, Friedrich tends to shy away frompresenting his viewpoints, an odd practice foran historian, even odder for a writer at Time. Ina work which has such awesome gloom poten¬tial, interpretation is left to the reader.The End of the World strictly observes therule that history is the lives of those who haveendured its cruelty. Although the many formsthat death takes within these chapters areimpossible to understand, we know a great dealof what the survivors were like. It becomesevident that the natural response to a catastro¬phe is hysteria, despair and especially treach¬ery. People can profit from disasters: laborersafter the plague enjoyed a higher wage thanthey had before Under interrogation by theChurch, or by Nazi commandos, one couldpostpone death or torture by naming one'sneighbor as a co-conspirator in the crime ofreligion. Had there been time, there surelywould have been looting after the eruption inPompeii.Another human flaw that Friederich reveals isthat God has stepped out of the smoke spot¬less. Even during the Black Death which killed75 million people in a few years, the survivorswould pause between boarding up strickenhouseholds and digging mass graves to offerreligious sacrifices. Even Pope Clement wasworking overtime for his constituency, con¬secrating cemeteries and rivers for the bodiespiling up in the streets Although the concept ofapocalypse as the Almighty One's anger anddisgust with humanity is rooted in religion, Godhas broken the covenant made with Noahwhich protected us all and the victims ofcatastrophe turn to the Heavens with hopePeople, not God, are forgiving.By far, the most captivating sections are theones which manage to illuminate lives, and thismakes The End of the World a valuable sourcefor anyone interested in these periods. Frie¬drich describes the care with which Carvalho,the Marquis of Pombal, rebuilt Lisbon after anearthquake nearly levelled the city in 1755.With sensitive administration, he preservedorder and abandoned medieval streets for morepractical urban planning. Carvalho used theopportunity to bnng the city fully into themodern age Friedrich also followed the storiesthat had no endings, like that of Count Ray¬ mond Vf of Toulouse, who died in 1222. whosebody was never buried, pending the Church’sdecision on his orthodoxy, and whose bonesrotted away by the 17th century. The End of theWorld is filled with these kinds of cheeryanecdotesThe sections on Auschwitz and the epiloguewhich covers Hiroshima are the chapters whichhold the greatest significance in that these twohistorical moments of WWII represent the fulldestructive power of humanity. Friedrich ex¬plores all the gory details of death campefficiency and the melting flesh of HiroshimaThe holacaust was a highly systematized in¬quisition, and the mushroom cloud is thetrademark of our most embarrassing achievement. The failure of this century is that we allowbureaucracy and scientific technology, whichhave been advanced in the name of peace, tobecome such devastating forces.How can a study like this end? Friedrichdoes not tie things together at all. One chapterappeared in The Atlantic Monthly and anotherin Playboy. This is pop history, so we can’texpect a stunning summation, or anything ascompelling as an historian's warning Instead,the epilogue is a montage of quotes from,survivors of Hiroshima (descnptions of thefirestorms and floods which followed the bomb¬ing), producers of CBS's “The Defense of theUnited States" (which simulated the bombingof downtown Omaha), a 1981 Gallup poll (24%of us see “a good chance" of a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union before1991, 47% think “while I am concerned aboutthe chances of nuclear war. I try to put it out ofmy mind"), the tour guide at Mmot Air ForceBase in North Dakota (home of the MmutemanIII) on Mother’s Day (probably the cheapestattempt at a tearjerker ever made), and a lot ofscenarios for WWW.Friednch’s vision here frustrates the fantasythat nuclear war would be the end of the world,but it represents the one link between all of theprevious chapters: one side will fire a couple oftimes, and the other will return the gesture,they'll both retreat to count the bodies andfigure out who is winning, but they will neveruse the entire arsenal There will be survivorswho will steal, kill and become cannibals, butthere will be survivors. We are the witnesses toa siow plague by AIDS and a silent war with theSoviet Union, but we are all survivors Some¬how this wholly unromantic picture seems morepessimistic than a catastrophic Judgement Day.Friedrich suggests that this recemt tremd ofmorbidity (apparently this is a national pastime)is related to the impending end of the secondmillenia since Chnst which may be a harbingerof Messianic coming, global war or the coloni¬zation o< other galaxies It is also a time forlearning from the failings of our ancestors TheEnd of the World approaches this trend byproviding the history of human suffering whichis enthralling but. because it is so barren ofideas, only voyeuristicSUNDAY, MONDAYTUESDAY, and FRIDAY 60 OZ. PITCHERS FORONLY $3.25WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY ALL IMPORTEDand SATURDAY BEER $1.35•HUGE 45” MITSUBISHI SCREEN FOR SPORTSAND OTHER SPECIALS•FREE POPCORN AFTER 4 PMOne of the top ten jazz juke boxes in Chicagoland-CHICAGO TRIBUNE1750 E. 55th St.684-1013ON C-BUS ROUTE