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Bush Addresses Graduates

Editor's note: the following is ex- reaffinned our status as the world's States has been a laboratory for cre­ we let people work freely toward their cerpted from President George Bush's greatest economic power. And when ation, invention, and exploration. Here, destinies. speech at the University of Michigan, we sent troops to the Persian Gulf, we merit conquers circumstance. Here, When governments try to improve May 4,1991. Bush was the commence- showed that we take principles seri- people of vision - Abraham Lincoln, on freedom - say, by picking winners ment speaker for the Spring 1991 ously ~nough to risk dying for .... . Henry Ford, Martin Luther King Jr. - and losers in the economic market - graduation ceremony, and was pre- Our successes have banished the f~j : sentedanhonoratydegree,aswashis VietnaIll-€ra phantoms of doubt and ~ . wife Barbara. distrust. And in my recent travels Today, I want to talk about this around the country, I have felt an ide- & historic moment. Your commencement alism that we Americans supposedly - your journey into the "real world" had lost. People have faith in the fu- - coincides with this Nation's com- ture. They ask: "What next?" They ask: mencement into a world freed from "How can I help? (~ "" ' ; Cold War conflict and thrust into an We have rediscovered the power. era of <:ooperation and economic com- of the idea that toppled the Berihl Wall, petition. and led a world to strike back at Saddam . ' . " . . ' . The United States plays a defining Hussein. And,like generations before MemSers of the Latin American Solidarity Committee show theitapprecia- role in the world. Our economic . . us, we hav~ begil n m .qefil:'e fo~ our- tion for. "th~ ~ystem" during protests outsicl'e the football stadium. strength/ ourmilitarypower,an~most • selves the promise of ~om. "I " outgT() Wroughongiris . ~nd lr~5f6 r m j" they fail. No conclave of experts, nO . of all, our national character brought I'd like to talk today about thena- a world . ." ...... ' '. . ' ... " , ',, ' ' .... matter ~ow brilliant, can. match the us to this special moment. When our ture of freedom, and how its demands TheSe .achievements testify to the sheer ingenuity of a market that col- policies unleashed the economic ex- will shape our future as a nation. greatness of our free enterprise sys- lects and distributes the wisdom of pansion of the 19805, we exposed for- Let me start with the freedom to tern. In past ages; and in other eco- millions of people, all pursuing their ever the failures of socialism - and create. From its inception, the United nomic orders, people could acquire destinies indifferent ways. wealth only by seizing good from oth- Our Administration appreciates ~ ers. Free enterprise liberates us from the power of free enterprise - and our Pro-testorsProtest this Hobbesian quagmire. It lets one economic and domestic programs try ~ person's fortune become everyone's to apply the genius of the marketto the by Brian Jendryk9 chants of "Down with Bush" were met gain. . . '. needs of the nation .... ~ Graduation is the last event of a with counter-chants (started by Busi­ This system, built on the founda- Although we have tried to transfer student's college days, that special mo­ ness School graduates) of "Four more tion of private property,harnesses our power into the hands of our people, we ment of celebration rewarding years of yearsr Four more years!" powerful instincts for creativity. It gives ha ven' t done enough. In a world trans- hard work and dedication. Like an­ Bush also successfully dealt with everyone an interest in shared pros- fonned by freedom, we must look for other great traditional University of the protestors himself, following up perity - in freedom, and in respect. other ways to help people build good Michigan event, graduation also takes another chorus of "Die Bush Die" No system of development ever place on a Saturday afternoon at the with this part of his speech: "(T)he has nurtured virtue as completely and PleDse See Page 11 Michigan Stadium, wjth thousands of power to create also rests on other free­ rigorously as ours. We've become the drunken, screaming fans. And, of doms, especially the freedom to think most egalitarian society in history, and course, what would a U-M event be and speak one's mind." one of the. most hannonious, because INSIDE without protestors? - The U-M protest patrol was out en trWSt for the World Series of protest Welcome ' to the U-M events, a speech by President George And more importantly, welcome limits" for rational debate on campus But Wait! Bush. As Vice-President. Bush once to the Michigan Review, the fortnightly - affirmative action, the U-M code of 5 spoke on the steps of the Union and campus affairs journal of the University conduct and its abuse by special interest· There's Muir... vowed to neverretum to the U- M after of Michigan. The Review was created groups, "psycholigical rape" al\d its his unkind reception by hecklers. ten years ago by several disgruntled questionable interpretations by the Interview: " This time, speaking before ap­ students, students who were not will­ University-funded Sexual Assault proximately 60,000 people, Bush was ing to be told what to believe or do by Prevention and Awareness Center. Dinesh D'Souza 8 not only greeted with jeers, but also the student government (the Michigan These are but a few of the issues we cheers. Students, parents, and visitors Student Assembly),thecampusnews­ have written about. Basically, we don't responded to protestors' chants with paper (the Michigan Daily), and the U­ believe that something is right just be­ MeetMSA 10 applause for Bush and chants of their M administration in general. cause someone says it is. Instead, we own. Audience members drowned out It is in this vein that the Review still examine the issue carefully and then chants of "Die, Bush, Die" with rounds operates today. We challenge issues decide what to believe for ourselves. American Psycho 14 of raucous applause. At one point, that are otherwise considered "off_ We hope you will too.

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THE Serpent's Tooth MICHIGAN

According to a notice left in one of our printed a story warning would-be ten­ super-liberal Arthur Schlesinger Jr., RETIEW editor's mail box by his "letter carrier," ants that deals which seem too good to who once announced that only bigots ''The U.S. Postal Service, as a service be true usually are. At one point, the would vote against Jesse Jackson, oriented organization, wants to pro­ author suggests, "If you are at all un­ lodges this critique of multicultural vide you with accurate, dependable certain about job transfers, layoffs, Europhobia (Wall Street Journa 1,6-25- service." We at the Review, however, pregnancies, or other conditions over 91, A18): "Certainly Europe, like every wish to provide you, the reader, with which you ha ve little of no control, you other culture, has committed its share accurate, dependable information - should beware of these long and le­ of crimes. But, unlike most cultures, it The Campus Affairs for example, that the Post Office, like gally binding contracts." Since when is has also generated ideals that have op­ Journal of the most government services, isan ineffi­ pregnancy something "over which posed and exposed those crimes." University of Michigan cient, poorly run, legally sanctioned you have little or no control?" Is there monopoly that often fails to provide an epidemic of spontaneous impreg­ "accurate, dependable service." Case nation going around this year? Of all the U-M's propaganda ma­ Editor-in-Otief...... BrianJ endryka in point this issue was mailed on July chines, the May IJune issue of the 10th. Michigan Alumnus proved Truth has Executive Editor ...... Adam DeVore ATTENTION FRESHMEN: Play­ no place in the school's public rela­ Executive Editor ...... JeffMuir ground antagonisms such as "My dad tions. A full-page story detailed the According to a May 17 article in the could beat up your dad" no longer . popularity of Drew Westen, adjunct Contributing Editor ..... DavidJ. Powell Ann Arbor News, well known campus suffice to defend your honor here at the ~ assistant professor of psychology. Contributing Editor ...... Stacey Walker acti vist and teaching assistan t Pa ttrice U-M. You need college-level mocking Westen has earned both respect from Maurer gives her psychology students ability. We suggest learning to whi.n.e, his colleagues for scholarly research PubIisher ...... Mark O. Stem academic "credit for taking part in "I'm mor~J,nverse than you are." and adulation from students who .... socialactivism."Maurer, who was un­ regularly flock to his standing-room­ Assistant Editor...... Peter Daugavietis Assistant Editor ...... Corey Hill available for comment, is quoted of ,..- only lectures. The story, however, n~ Assistant Editor ...... Jay McNeill boasting in a previous interview, A recent news release from the Saline glected to mention that Westen's con- "Won't they just love to know they pay Area Schools Community Education tract with the U-M was not renewed f . . h Jumni rl.,,",. .' , ",Music Editor...... ~, .Chns Peters me to radicalize students?" Lovely. Department announced that its s~m~ 1ast term.. Th ena... gal n, tIC a. ~, ' .. , But, Patti, can we enroll in your class met afternoon Fun Club would pro­ nors didn't need to know that. ' . UteraryEditor...... ,AdamGargiola and receive credit for staging a conser­ vide a "variety of games, sports ... and MTS Editor ...... DougThiese vative, republican, Christian, funda­ all kinds of special events," including Francophile ...... Karen Brinkman mentalist, anti-speech code, pro-free a "bubble gum blowing contest." This We at the Review have finally finished Staff market rally? But why not? finding has lead us to plan a similar our Engler-funded research on brain­ Chris Bair, Mike Beidler, David event for U-M sororities this dead, nco-hippie activists. Our star­ Boettger, Mister Boffo, Spencer Fall ... details forthCOming. tling discovery: their most common af- Carney, Joe Coletti, Brian Cook, Sam The Tenants' Voiee, the student-subsi­ fliction is Phobiaphobia. This disorder Copi, Mary Dzon, Athena Foley, dized propaganda platform of the Ann conjoins a paranoid fear of the presence John Gnodtke, Reg Goeke, Jon Arbor;renants' Union, recently Pulitzer Prize winning historian and of someone with a phobia with a para- Hoekstra, Nicholas Hoffman, Omar

e _ _, lyzing anxiety Javaid, Kishore Jayabalan, Heather ~I: I'M YOUR Et>\)CAilO~ "ERE4;OOR EX~N?ITURe:, overthepossibility Johnston, Bud Muncher, Crusty Muncher, Megan Nelles, Greg Roth, ?R6~\O~T: iO\)I\'( &CIJ..~~ O~ EO\)~TlON., th a t someone \? ON HOW TO RfAC /:I., Michael Skinner, Jay Sprout, Al L.INS" GAAPI-\! within earshot Tulkki, Anthony Woodlief. might voice a "wrong" opinion. Ultimately, their Editor-at-Large._~ ___ .JohnJ. Miller critical gaze turns inward as they Editor Emeritus. _____ ..Marc Selinger wonder if they too might have a su~ conscious phobia, The Michigan Retriew is an independent, non-profit, student-run journal at the and they recoil at University of Michigan. We are not the apalling hol­ affiliated with any political party. lowness they dis­ Unsigned editorials represent the opinion cover within them­ of the editorial board. Signed articles represent the opinions of the author and selves. It is the re­ not necessarily those of the Rroiew. We sultant fear that welcome letters and articles and encour- each individual age comments about the journal and himself might be issues discussed in it. Our address is: the shallowest per­ Suite One son he knows that 911 North University generally compels Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1265 them to brand ev­ (313) 662-1909 eryoneelse with an Copyright 1991 "-ism" or three.

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From Suite One: Editorials \ "'if' Food for Thought: Think for Yourself

The manner in which something is said oftentimes makes all the difference­ is "No means no," many activists fail to apply this insight to their understanding and not surprisingly, when you come to the University of Michigan this Fall, you of the First Amendment, which reads in part, "Congress shall make no will assuredly hear people confidently asserting many things. "Housing is a right, law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ... " When it comes to free not a privilege,""Minoritiescannot be racist, II "Students and faculty deserve free speech, "no" is either misconstrued or overlooked entirely. Suddenly, only

medical care," and "Racist speech is not free speech," they will clamor. As one wit "socially acceptable," "popular," "constructive,II or "correct" sPeech is protected. replied, "Slogans, not thinking." Anything offensive is deemed not worthy of protection, as exemplified by the Perhaps the most vociferous sources of such proclamations are campus administration's attempt to institute a speech code to placate campus radicals. activists. They often talk as if their assumptions, assertions, and conclusions were But who determines which speech counts as racist or sexist speech? Accord­ beyond the slightest suspicion. They will frequently seek to coerce you into ing to many activists, minorities are incapable of doing or saying anything racist. accepting their rhetoric by threatening to label you racist, sexist, or homophobic. But this view confuses a historical fact (who has most commonly been discrimi­ They may also attempt to make you feel personally guilty for atrocities in which nated against) with the ability to entertain, believe, and enunciate prejudicial you ha ve played no part, whether it be the "historical oppression of minorities" or thoughts. It appears, furthermore, that activists ignore the possible future impli­ contributing to "rape culture." Women and minorities face especially intense cations of the precedent their beloved speech codes set: they apparently assume pressure to concede to the orthodoxy: failure to concur leaves one a heretic and that they will always be deciding which speech is protected and not some group traitor. But should you decide to think for yourself, there are several ideas you may hostile to their views. Speech codes, moreover, do not eliminate racism, sexism, wish to consider. or any other prejudice; they merely stifle the expression of prejudicial attitudes When activists talk about "free" this or that, you should immediately become . and leave them otherwise intact, seething and fermenting below the surface. suspiciOUS. There is no such thing as a "free lunch," for in the time one spends ~ It therefore seems that in a misguided effort, the "utopias" many activists eating, one could be doing something else. This principle of opportunity cost is pursue would actually help sustain every imaginable prejudice. When bigots are more revealing in the context of "free" medical care and "free" housing, since Qle afraid to speak their minds in public, they will never engage in the sort of provision of either requires the allocation of scarce resplll'Ces to those receiving the humiliating debate that might well force them to change their views. So itis in the "free" good. Although the recipients might never cOntribute one red cent tOward activists' world that one's freedoms become arbitrary and cease to be inalienable, paying for the "free" services they consume, someone ~ (e.g. taxpayers) must. and it is in their world that one becomes the slave of any leech who can voice a So ask yourself at whose expense such "free" care is to be provided, and by what demand for a new "free" service. It is in their world that changing the appearance right can those who stand to benefit justly stake a claim against individuals who of bigots' attitudes matters more than c~1Ul8ing their substance. But, in a world personally owe them nothing. where "free" means "someone else pays," and "freedom of speech" means "free­ The language game does not end there. While a favorite slogan ofthe Stxl.1al dom of administration-approved speech," perhaps the activists' slogans make Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAP AC) and campus feminists alike sense too. Fiscal Responsibility for MSA? Conservative Coalition promises MSA reform, budget cuts

Judgi.ng by appearances, the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) has certainly MSA fee from its current $6.77. The fee was last raised three years ago, after the gone through some drastic clH!nges in recent years though little has changed MSA was forced to take out a loan in excess of $60,000 from the U-M to payoff • procedurally. Although the faces of the representatives change, the abuses and debts incurred by a pre-Williams administration. Prior to the increase, the fee had misappropriations persist year after year. Hopefully ConservativeCoalition(CC> been $6.28. Green recently announced that the MSA executive officers would will carry out its mandate by putting an end to MSA's thieving squandering ways propose a budget to the Regents which called for a decrease in the fee to $6.27. by enhancing its accountabili ty and transformingitintoa respectable,responsib Ie Green also announced plans to keep the budget of MSA at virtually the same student government. level as last year, to maintain the Student Legal Service's (SLS) budget, and to cut Three years ago,CC member Aaron Williams won the MSA president with a the budget of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union by 50 percent (AA TU; like SLS, is a plurality, yet he govemed an assembly in which his party was the minority. Many charge of MSA). In light of an abysmal audit of MSA and the AA TU' s dubious of Williams' ~fforts were spent cleaning up his predecessor's financial mess and bookkeeping practices, Green announced that he would propose removing the squabbling over political issues. accountant from the SLS and making him or her responsible for not only SLS, but Two years ago, Williams lost the presidency to the ultra-liberal Jennifer Van AATU and MSA as well. All of these proposals will have to be approved by the Valey, whose Action party won control of the assembly. Her administration Regents, and if history serves as any example, that is by no means a given. behaved in such a way that every imaginable negativeaspectof the institution was The Conservative Coalition thus appears to be on the right track. While we clear for all to see. Among the problems highlighted by the Van Valey adminis­ would prefer to see a greater reduction, or even the institution of a voluntary tration was the squandering of student funds on "fact-finding" trips to the West check -{)ff system for the MSA tax, CC's proposal is a step in the right direction. The Bank and El Salvador, a failed attempt to eject the Michigan Review from its office AATU budget reduction was certainly warranted, and long overdue. Revelations space, and continued funding of such purely political endeavors as the Baker­ that the AA TU' s board of directors have not been meeting, that an audit showed Mandela Center for Anti-Racist Education (which hosts activities that are closed virtually no record keeping, and that its Director is also the Director of the to certain races) as well as anti-war and anti-University of Michigan police Homeless Action Committee (HAC> adds to the questionable aura emitted by the deputization protests. AATU. James Green again brought CC to power last April, winning the Presidency We applaud CC's initial actions with extreme caution, for one noble act does and bringing with him a conservative majority to the assembly. Green ran as a not a righteous assembly make. In the coming year, it will be tempting - and all reformer, pledging to shore up MSA's finances, end funding to exclusionary tooeasy-for the membersofCC to succumb to political pressure from those who political groups, and improve relations with the regents and the administration. surround them. We hope that students will keep the pressure on Green and theCC Although never officially part of CC's platform, there was much talk among party to do the job they were elected to do: radically reform theMichigan Student individual CC members regarding the possibility of lowering the mandatory Assembly so that it keeps students' money on campus and serves all students.

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But Wait, There's Muir. ..

,~, %:":""';' Orientation's One-Sidecl "Diversity"

by Jeff Muir no white, heterosexual males anywhere other student present, one of Maurer's instances in which students had been Over the course of the past several to be seen in the video, probably be­ accomplices chimed in that this ex­ called racist, sexist, and homophobic months, incoming freshmen and cause they were all too busy burning change was good; the group could learn for merely challenging the U-M's di­ transfer students have experienced the crosses and date-rapingacquaintances. something frol1\ it. "You see, white versity-dogma. University of Michigan atits very worst: After all the hype, one expects the men have a tendency to interrupt Ms. Horne denied that the program orientation. second video to be brimming with ex­ women .. ." had any sort of chilling effect, yet she

You came to Ann Arbort received amples of hard-core racism which oc­ During my interview with Ms. followed this up by saying that "if our tours of the campus and academic curred here at U-M. It does not. The Home, I reminded her that many stu­ program makes someone afraid, or counseling, registered for your classes, silliest story was .told by an Asian dents are Christian, and that many makes someone think twice about tell­ and then had to endure the "Diversity woman. It seems that she was op­ Christians believe as a matter of theol­ ing a sexist joke or calling someone a Seminar," - "sensitivity training," as pressed while driving downState Street ogy that homosexuality is a sin. Why, I 'fag,' that is great!" State Representative Margaret foUowinga U-M football game. That's asked, did the U-M feel it. was appro­ Certainly Maurer, UCAR, and the O'Connor calls it. when 106,000 inebri~ted people from priate for it to place a value judgement facilitators of the "Diversity Seminars/' According to Pam Horne, Director all.across the country swarm from the on su€h beliefs by having its DiverSity ought to be free to flap their gums at of the U-M/s Orientation Office, the stadium to their hotel rooms. One of Seminar facil~tators insist that any an­ anybody desiring of a stale, revisionist "Diversity Seminar" originated as one these 106,000 people shouted IIChink" tagonism towardshomosexuality,even lecture. Butwhat makes their ideas so of several demands submitted to the at her as he passed her car. She "as­ when religiously-based, is "sexist," much more valuable and correct than U-M administration by the United sumed" he was a student; "homophobic,"and wrong. everybody else's? Coalition AgainstRacism (UCAR),fol­ The next step of the seminarhas 'She explained that the U-M "also "Because the University is com~ lowing several acts of purported rac· students embaddng on a "discussiOn" prelentsinformation on STD's (sexu­ mitred to the. (Michigan} Mandate of ism on campus in 1987. session, although at times these turn ally transmitted diseases) and Contra~ wbich this program is a small part," UCARwas formed by a few junior into whining ~$sions for the "ception, even tl\Qugh c~rtain religions r~lied Horne. Jesse Jacksons to show everyone how underprivi1edg~, oppressed (i.e., not -have teachins~against premarital sex Home noted that al~MSA recog­ the U-M was rotten to the cote with white, heterosexual male) facilitators. or contraception." and that. the views nized student groups are encouraged "institutional racism." As such, it During this portioti~f the Diversifica~ expressed by Diversity facilimtors re­ to present their own information at needed to bedeansed with a good. stiff tionprocess, the group leader presents gardingChristian doctrine were in this different points during the orientation dose of "diversity/' and "sensitivity." several hypothetical situations, and same vein. pr.ograrns for incoming students, but At one oftheir many.anti,:U-Mrall~s the~~ ~chlle:w.stud(u}t~l7~:or l~e~ .~sk~whyjt was~impor­ this falls. fars~ort of allo\>vtng the pre­ that semester, UCARpresenteditslong her opinion of these situa~ons•. ,. tafit:fd'present·the.opijUob$·e~~ssed se~~timlQfcj\ti1$sentin~;vjewpoint •. list of demands to the administration. Among the. topics discussed are· in the "DiversitySeininar,I' particularly Why doesn't the Miihigan Review The U-M, ever fearful of bad press, inter-racial dating, homosexuality, those about the evils of straight white editorial board get to produce its own acquiesced toseveral of these demands. AIDS, and race relations. Students are males and homosexuality, in such a video, present its own "Greatness of One of the many unfortunate results encouraged to "be really honest." Of· confrontational and aggressive man­ the Western Tradition/John Wayne was the "Diversity Seminar." ten/however, when anew student does ner. Film-Fest/' and have the U-M not only A committee composed of faculty, getup the courage to suggest something She responded that she does not force all new students to attend, but staff, and students was recruited to other than the opinion of their En­ have complete control over the actions also force them to pay for it via their $50 advise the U-M on the formulation lightened Leader, they are tactfully, of every facilitator in the dozens of "orientation fee." and implementation of this new portion but in no uncertain terms, informed seminars that take place. She suggested By mandating that incoming stu­ of the orientation program, and, pre­ that they are "wrong." that perhaps straight white males dents attend the Diversity Seminar, the dictably, many of th~ students came That's "politically incorrect," in sometimes simply misinterpret what U-M subsidizes and endorses thecon· • directly from the ranks of the Black Diversity-speak. is said because of their defensiveness tent. of the .viewsof a few campus radi- Action Movement(BAM), UCAR, and Since my own persona} experience regarding the topic. She did concede, . cals. It also tells new students that they otherradicalactivistgroupsoncampus. with the "Diversity Seminar," I've however, that fadlitators sometimes should be 11 afraid" of expTe?singcertain They were ge1\erously given the funds talked with vari()us people regarding get outof line forthaf.samereason. She opinions and beliefs at the University to produce two slick video presenta~ their experiences, al1d it seems what I stressed that these incidents are not of Michigan. tions, which would be used as a central have. encounter.ed is not an isolated common, and saidthatthey are always That doesn't sound like JlDiversity" part of their seminaJ. . incident. One gentleman, ''Bill'' (who addressed. tome. One video begins with University asked that his name not be used for fear Next, I asked whether she thought President James J. Duderstadt pracw of harassment), hada particulady rude sueh programs had a chilling effect on Jeff Muir is a senior in general studies cally slobbering all over himself, at~ run-in with facili tator Pattrice Maurer. rational discourse about controversial and an executive editor for the Review. tempting to say that the U-M really, Maurer is a radical homosexual topics here at .the U-M, noting several really hates racism. A commentator then activist who is affiliated with the Aids comes onto the screen and informs Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT­ viewers that while we might all think UP). She was addressing the new stu­ Letter to the Editor the U-M is a really cool place, it is in dents with her laundry list of bad:'" I began reading the Review three In fact, of the two major right-of­ fact a hot-bed of "institutional racism" things-about-straight-white-males. years ago out of curiosity and partly center papers on campus, the Daily and bigotry. "Bill" spoke up and suggested that he out of a test of my digestive system's being the other, I consider the Review's On the second video, students of was uncomfortable with such a broad capacity to withstand offensive stimuli. reviews somewhat superior. In fact, I every imaginable ethnic background generalization as "straight white However, I must say that over time I might recommend that you go to an all and sexual preference grace the screen males." He questioned whether or not began reading the Review for a differ­ music review format in the future. It telling us of a personal brush that they thatitself wasn't just a bit sexist,racist, ent reason: the Review reviews of new Ihightincrease your readership, as well ha ve had with the devil as he incarna tes and heterophobic. albums. I bought Faith No More's al­ as your accuracy and integrity. • himself in Ann Arbor: the White Het~ Maurer told him, in effect, to sit bum partly as a result of a Reuiewrecord John A. Guidry erosexual Male! Of course, there were down and shut up. According to an- review. Graduate Student I/<

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Campus Politics

'iii" Fun and Games at the Student Assembly by Mark O. Stem to use U-M facilities for meetings, de­ has an annual budget of approximately organizations. When you were considering en­ bates, and lectures). Despite this, many $500,000. A small fraction of this Commissions form another branch rolling at the University of Michigan, MSA representativesexertrnost of their amount goes to student groups. The of MSA. With such names as "Peace nobody told you that part of your tu­ efforts in displaying unique and rest goes to organizations like the Ann and Justice" and "Women's Issues," ition would go towards funding the U­ sophomoric inSights on domestic and Arbor Tenant's Union, a quasi-social­ they account for about $75,000 of M' sstudent government, the Michigan foreign political issues. From the latest ist anti-landlord agitation organiza­ spending each year. They usually do Student Assembly (MSA). conspiracy theory to the reason why tion, and Student Legal Services, a things like complain about crime, and Whether you want them to or not, then vigorously protest the U-M's at­ your tuition dollars help support an From the latest conspiracy theory to the tempts to deputize a campus police institution that constantly receives a force. Cops are criminals, you see. The barrage of criticism from both ends of reason why humans should stop using commissions have also sponsored the political spectrum. Last year, the "fact-finding" missions to El Salvador $6.77 payment, made each term, be­ tools, MSA often appears to be a sort of and the West Bank, in which dis­ came a leading issue in the MSA elec­ gruntled radicals learn firsthand the tions. ideological freak show. effects of capitalist imperialism. So what does MSA spend aU of its MSA holds elections twice every time (and money) doing? Perhaps the humans should stop using tools (it hurts group designed to provide students academic year. In November, students most important function of the As­ the environment), MSA often appears with "free" legal aid (remember, stu­ elect half of the Assembly's 48 seats; in sembly is to formally recognize stu­ to be a sort of ideological freak show. .dents pay for it through the MSA tax), late March, they vote on the other half, dent organizations (whichaUows them Because of the mandatory, MSA l\,ut which refuses to represent student as well as presidential and vice-presi­ dential candidates. MSA politics have undergone dra­ matic changes in the past several years. U-M Speech Code Remains a Threat In 1989, the election of the Conserva­ ,," tive Coalition's Aaron Williams to by John J. Miller restrictive. A graduate student in bio­ pants services in a mock "slave auc- president surprised the campus. The The claim that the University of logical psychology, Wesley Wynne, tion." Loud student and faculty com-, ,,' faffthat Williams is black seemed to Michigan is a bastion of bigotry is not a thought it interfered with his research, plaints brought the fraternity mem- disturb radicals, who had always new one. As proof of this, critics of the as he was considering controversial bers before a disciplinary committee, counted on the "minority vote." U-M frequently cite such incidents as aspects of race and gender as topics for which ruled the event constitutionally Jennifer Van Valey,runningon the the racist jokes aired in the middle of his master's thesis. Fearing adminis­ protected. Chancellor Donna Shalala Action party ticket, defeated Williams the night in 1987 on WCBN, the stu­ trative sanctions for this work, he insisted that even bad taste had a place in the spring of 1990, in a hotly con- dent-run radio station, and the occa­ teamed up with the Michigan chapter under First Amendment protections, tested and controversial campaign. In sional reports of racist flyers circulat­ of the American Civil Liberties Union but later revised the code of student the following year, Van Valey was in- ing in dormitories. One result of these and took the U-M to court. And, after conduct to punish students for a vari- strumental in organizing and sup- allegations has been the speech code, the U-M needlessly wasted thousands ety of activities previously tolerated. porting student protests against cam- or, in administrative lingo, a "dis­ of dollars culled from tuition payments Similar behavior might fall under pus security officer deputization and criminato~ harassment policy." and state taxes on its legal defense, the the U-M interim policy's restrictions. United States military action in the In response to widespread student policy was ruled unconstitutional in Most opponents of speech codes do Persian Gulf. protests against the 1987 racial inci­ August, 1989, by U.s. District Judge not, of course, advocate the disgusting Many students were outraged by dents, the U-M administration and AvernCohn. behavior sometimes displayed by a few the radical picture of campus portrayed regents instituted a speech policy that Soon afterwards, the administra­ drunken fraternity brats, butask legiti- by Van Valey and the Action party. limited what students could say or do. tionreleased a revised policy, which mate questions about freedom of The 1991 elections yielded a tremen- The policy prohibited "discrimination remains in effect today, that listed re­ speech and expression. Had the frater- dous victory for Conservative Coali- and discriminatory harassment on the strictions not nearly so wide-ranging nity members in question burnt an tion(CC)presidentialcandidateJames basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, as its predecessor. The policy quite American flag, most people would Green and his party. CC now controls sexual orientation, creed, national ori­ rightly forbids students from yelling simply ignore them. The politics of half of the seats on the Assembly, a gin, ancestry,' age, marital status, racial invectives at each other in the race and gender, however, frequently privilege never enjoyed by Williams. handicap, or Vietnam-era veteran classroom. Yet it leaves open a number demand entirely different treatment. Green has already announced status." One supposes the authors just of other questions, such as whether Ultimately, speech codes fail in plans to ask for a fifty-cent fee reduc- couldn't think of any other categories white males can become objects of dis­ their mission to defeat diSCriminatory tion when he approaches the regents by which to subdivide and label indi­ crimination and harassment or whether harassment because they mean to with the 1991-92 budget. Whether or viduals. student organizations could limit outlaw discrimination rather than not this fifty cents will affect the"stu-

A maize and blue pamphlet dis- <, membership to people of specific races overcome it. Bigots must be allowed to dent body's opinion of CC or student tributed in the fall term of 1988 detailed or holding certain beliefs. be seen for what they are. Perhaps the government in general is hard to say- the new rules of student etiquette. On other campuses, speech codes • best advice one can give the adminis- many students still do not even know Students could no longer make alleg­ have been used to suppress behavior tration comes from Stanford constitu- or care that MSA exists. - edly sexist speculations on why rela­ that is usually protected by the First tionallaw professor Gerald Gunther: tively few women enrolled in the Col­ Amendment. At the University of "More speech, not less, is the proper Mark O. Stern is a sophomore in his- lege of Engineering, Confederate flags Wisconsin-Madison, for example, the cure for offensive speech." tory and publisher of the Review. could not be displayed, and suspected Zeta Beta Tau fraternity held. an off­ lesbians could notbe denied invita tions campus fund raising event in which John J. Miller is a senior in English to hail parties. students d ressed up in slave costumes. and editor-at-Iarge of the Review. The policy was, to say the least, The audience then bid for the partici-

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Perspective '~t .,. How to survive at the University of Michigan by Jay McNeill is nothing quite like being a Wolverine. I actually wa!'ted to learn. The U-M will not be spoon-feed you. One SUIlUlW' ago, I was in your Regardless of how many episodes The U-M tends to do that to you. Nearly all of the value you get from shoes. I too was an incoming freshman, of "A Different World" one watches, . The sheer intelligence of the student here will be the result of your own wondering aboutall of the other people you cannot really get a feel for being a body here is so mind-boggling, you initiative. Some like to sit around, look who had gone off to school and re­ Wolverine until you actually get here. can't help getting your curiosi ty jogged. over their yearbooks, and reminisce turned as totally different individuals. Put rather bluntly, this university is One minute you'll hear two students about their high school days. Not coin­ I always thought, "What's their one huge think tank. With some effort discussing the electromagnetic theory cidentally, most of them say the U-M deal? Are they so insecure with their on yourpiirt, you can begin to discover in astrophysics, and the next minute sucks. Others are aggressive, look for former personalities that they felt the ideas, people, and knowledge that you you'll hear about last night's topic on new opportunities everyday, and find need to undergo a complete meta­ never knew existed. "Nightline." their niche. They are the ones that make morphosis once they were away from Now, I know what you're think- Yes, sometimes it can be frustrat- the U-M what it is - the place to be. mommy and daddy for more than a Yes, indeed, I am a different per­ couple of weeks?" I also thought con­ son than I was when I left my home­ fidently, "There's no way college is The U-M will not spoon-feed you. town. And I'm counting the days until going to change me. I like myself just I go back to Ann Arbor. NotnecessarUy the way I am and if anything is going to N early all the value you get from here because I/meager to challenge my mind change, it's going to be U-M itself." again and gain new knowledge. Nah. I went. ' will be the result of your own initiative. I'm just can't wait to see some more

I changed. $ women that I haven't known for the At first, I held fasttomyprediction ing. That last paragraph sounded like a ingattendinga university witha seem- past 18 years ... and simply refused to be changed by typical high school commencement ingly Darwinian environment. You will anyone or anything around me. But speaker babbling9Pabout "the joys of not be the smartest person at the uni­ Jay McNeill is a sophomore in LSA about November, I could tell my atti­ learning, experiencing new ideas, and versity, in your classes, or even in your and an assistant editor for the Review. tude wasn't going to continue gaining new knowleqge." I will be the donn room. You will also find A's and He is at least the third smartest in his throughout the year, and I began to first person to say that commencement B's a Ii ttle harder to come by. But tha t is dorm room. understand why generations of kids speakers lie about that a tuff. Everyone part of the educational experience here. have been forever changed by their would much rather sit around all day, r------,,~fii.. ~· -----..--~------college experiences. Oh, sure, I was swill beer, and play Nintendo than. co~ leads to fmancial more than happy to be free from my study for a Calculus 115 exam. One parents and past life - drinking beer ButI'm not talkingahoutthe learn­ happiness. The Easy A, from Society and meeting women that I actually ing you do in your courses. I'm talking Bank. It's the easy. economical bank hadn't known for the past 18 years about the experiences outside the account designed to fit the financial tended certainly didn't hurt. classroom. I couldn't believe it myself, needs of the college student But I soon learned that the U-M but by the end of the year, I found It features a checking service has characteristics of it's own that myself going to see guest speakers, that can cost as little as $2.00 a separate it from Michigan State, getting involved with campus groups month. Plus AIM access, a credit Western Michigan, and other univer­ Iike the College Republicans, engaging card (if you qualify), and a student sities. This, of cd~rse, is homework. in daily debate on the university's loan package. And in spite of the hours and hours of computer system, talking with my ,; But that's not the half of it studying and sometimes limited social professors and TA's, and writing for opportunities, I found that there really the Review. I know it sounds lame, but Easy A means you also receive ! your frrst 50 checks printed free. a " specially designed checkbook cover. Are you interested in... '~ ~ and more, \ ...... ,. Best of all, when you're on -Writing? vacation. so is your Easy A. June, July and August, there 5 no monthly fee. Yet you retain all benefits year­ -Editing? round. So call Society Bank for all - Advertising Sales? the details. And make the grade with an Easy A. - Photography? In Ann Arbor call 3131994-5555. Ypsilanti 313/483-3542.

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Interview: Dinesh D'Souza

'"' >:,~ , Author Attacks "Bogus Multiculturalism"

On April2S, 1991,JohnJ. Miller of the America. So it's bogus multiculturalism policies are misguided? take the best Hispanics. But it is impor­ Review interviewed Dinesh D'Souza. in those cases. tant to realize there is no direct com­ In the early 19805, D'Souza edited the D'SOUZA: There is some tension be­ petition between the white and the Dartmouth Review, a controversial REVIEW: What do you mean by in­ tween a university's desire to achieve Hispanic, or between a black applicant student-run weeldynewspaperon the tellectual diversity? proportional representation, which is and an Asian applicant. Each applicant Dartmouth College campus. He later to say a distribution of students on a competes within a separate racial lane. served as a domestic policy analyst in D'SOUZA: Intellectual diversity refers campus that mirrors the racial break­ the Reagan White House, and now to diversity of mind, a wide range of down of society at large. There is ten- REVIEW: What happens to these works as a research fellow at the students when they finally enter the American Enterprise Institute in university? Washington, D.C. He came to the University of Michigan for a lecture, D'SOUZA: First of all, we witness the sponsored by the Review, in which he problem of a high minority dropout discussed issues raised in his new rate because some universities have book, Illiberlll Education:'The Politics lax standards when it comes to minor­ of Race and Sex on Campus. The book ity admissions. Then they provide little has spent much of the summer on the support for the student on campus. New York Times bestseller list. And so, for example, dropout rates for blacks and Hispanics on the national level are dramatically higher than those REVIEW: Diversity and for whites. Second, I think preferential multiculturalism have become lead­ admissions policies contribute to ing buzzwords among university ad­ problems of racial separatism on cam­ ministrations. What effect have poli­ pus and also to akind of cri tical assault cies formulated under these ideas had upontheclassicsofWestemcivilization on campus life? as being the hopeless product of white ., .. ;"RUtle heterosexuals. D'SOUZA: Both diversity and multiculturalism are noble ideas in REVIEW: At the end of Illiberal Edu­ theory. The problem is that university cation, you suggest affirmative action policies seek to achieve racial diversity, policies be revised along socioeco­ regional diversity, all kinds of diversity nomic lines, instead of racial ones. except intellectual diversity. In fact, in How would this significantly change the name of diversity, very often uni­ the problems we presently face on versity leaders pursue a political campus? agenda. Disagreeing with this agenda makes you an enemy of diversity and a D'SOUZA: I argue that affirmative potential Victim of sanctions and sensi­ action contributes to racial separatism tivity education. In other words, the because when students on a selective term "diversity" is used to enforce a college campus are not as well pre­ kind of intellectual conformity on many pared as other students and they expe­ campuses. This is paradoxical. views on any given subject. For ex­ sion between that goal and. the desire rience academic hardships, there is a Similarly, multiculturalism ap­ ample, when I was a student in India, I of a selective university to maintain temptation to look to other people like pears to refer to an authentic explora­ had kids in my class who were liber­ admissions reqUirements, standards if themselves to find persons in the same tion of the great works of other cultures. tarians, liberals, socialists, a few com­ you will. situation to provide some support, And it is certainly true that American munists, and, as I remember, one ad­ This tension is not due to innate guidance, and advice on how to navi­ students should know something about vocate of the caste system. This was reasons, but rather, historical reasons. gate in these unfamiliar waters. I also the riseofIslamic fundamentalism. To diversity - on any given subject an Different groups in our society do not think that when universities make an do this it is helpful to read the Koran. It enormous breadth of views. It seems to score equally on the indices of merit assignment that students read would be interesting to know about be the essence of liberal education to universities use to determine admis­ Shakespeare by Monday - not an easy the success of Japanese capitalism. We encourage this kind of engagement sions. Therefore, the only way to job, reading Shakespeare is kind of an hear about Max Weber, the Protestant from radically differen tor even oppos­ achieve racial proportionalism is for acquired taste - when some students ethic, and the spirit of capitalism. Is ing points of view. But this is not what universities to set up what in my book are not as well prepared as others, it is there a Confucian ethic behind the is meant by "diversity" on campuses. I call a multiple-track racial admissions very tempting to believe the reason Asian success of. entrepreneurship? "Diversity" instead refers to a will­ system. In other words, it judges each one experiences this difficulty is not These would be interesting questions, ingness to pledge allegiance to an ideo­ group by a different standard. because he is poorly prepared, but but unfortunately in most multicultural logical, left-leaning agenda. And so, Critics have said the universities because Shakespeare was a white male. courses, they are ignored. Instead, it's far from being diversity; in fact, it are getting rid of merit, and that's not The argument then is made to over­ faculty activists focus on politicized, embodies the opposite. entirely true. The universities do con­ haul the curriculum to make it conform often neo-Marxist books that are not sider merit, but within each racial to the needs and aspirations of women, representative of Third World culture REVIEW: University administrations group. So, for example, if you are a persons of color, or natives of the Third but which reflect the projection of enforce diversity through affirmative white kid applying to the University of World. Western political ideologies onto the action policies which you criticize in Michigan, they will take the best whites. None of this would happen as the continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin your book. Why do you feel these If you are a Hispanic student, they will result of a policy based upon socia- The Michigan Review, Summer, 1991, p. 9

economic disadvantage. First of all, you would be no suspicion as to whether on issues like slavery, the Civil War, last fall approved a new and contr~ are not going to see poor people hang~ minority professors and students de­ Jim Crow, and on women's roles. versial grad~ation requirement. Be­ ing out together as a consequence. I served their positions. In my book, however, I focus on gh\n.ing in the fall of 1991, students think race is a special issue in Ameri­ the dogmatic approach of many of these who enter LSA must take a class on can politics not like any other issue, REVIEW: The U-Mhas proposed that programs, which are politically correct Nracial or ethnic intolerance." What and discrimination by race is not the incoming freshmen no longer be ab Ie in that they have "right" answers to effect ntight this have on racial or same as discrimination for any other to choose their roontmates, partly . fundamental questions. To illustrate ethnic intolerance on campus? reason. because such a policy would prevent this, you could compare the content of students from similar backgrounds history courses with women's studies D'SOUZA: r think it is essential for REVIEW: But an affirmative action from living together and thus sOJne of courses. Dartmouth Professor Jeffrey young students to be exposed to the policy on socioeconomic status might the racial separatism that undeniab ly Hart used to say ''When I first heard classic works of their culture. It is also not largely alter the racial makeup of occurs. about the French Revolution, my reac­ healthy to have some exposure to other universities. tion was thatI was opposed." The point cultures. American students should be D'SOUZA: I think universities should is that in a classroom debate or term given the option to learn about medi­ D'SOUZA: I think it would. Blacks encourage interaction among groups paper, youcanbeopposed to the French eval Arab philosophy or Confucian­ and Hispanics are disproportionately ism and its philosophical progeny. The represented among the socioeconomi­ problem is that since the late 1960s, cally disadvantaged, so my policy Women's studies does not serve its most universities have moved away would, by definition, help minority from requirements. Little is required groups. It is also the case that we have purpose best by being an academic wing any more for graduation. The argument middle class and upper middle class then concerns what should compose black and Hispanic families, as well as of the feminist movement. the remaining requiremen ts. poor whites and Asiansinthiscountry. I favor requirements. I would like Itis a quintessentially American notion to see maybe a three-course sequence of justice to give a break to people who and discourage racial separatism, but Revolution and say you sympathize with two courses focusing on the his­ have had a hard time in life. This is not we know from ot~, experiences of with Edmund Burke-the whole thing tory, philosophy, and art of the West controversial - our progressive tax social experimentation, busing in par­ was one drastic mistake. Or you can and then another class focusing on a system is based upon the notion that ticular, that when you try to force feed say you side with Thomas Paine - it non-Western culture. The problem is the poor should pay less. these ideas, they do hot always work was a wonderful and liberating idea. that universities are establishing new I also think an argument could be best. Policies can achieve outcomes This is not always the case in courses, but at the cost of other require­ made that if somebody went to through different levels, the most women's studies programs, which will me~ts,being neglected. Deerfield Prep in Massachusetts and draconian level being coercion. The .. ()ften.~ea conceptual view of history . Finally, in practice there is a dan­ scored 600 out of 800 on the verbal second is incentives and disincentives.. as asu«essionof ell)ancipatorya,cts gerthat ,etbnicstudies program.awill section of the SAT and another kid The third and mildest is exortation or achieved while the patriarchalesta});. amount ta little more than. ethnic who went to an inner city public school bully pulpit advocacy. I think the sec­ lishment vainly attempted desperate cheerleadingandsomeoftheprograms in Detroit scored a 600 on the same ond approach might be better here. resistance. It is very hard to engage might be used asa vehicle to advance a section, that these are very different Universities could provide programs these issues in a free-wheeling debate political agenda. sorts of students despite their similar such as discussions, debates, and because they have achieved a level of scores. One succeeded in a difficult workshops that cause students to come taboo. For example, I do not think REVIEW: Critics of your proposal school system where it's hard enough together. students could attack Roe v. Wade in a would allege that making students to keep discipIinelet alone teach and women's studies class without having read Westemclassics is racist and sex­ score 600. This is a remarkable student REVIEW: But couldn't the people who the professor and activiststuderits jump ist. Many of them were, after all, with much more potential than the create these discussions/debates, and down their throats. written.by white males. other kid who had a relatively smooth workshops have their own political I would like to see these depart­ path in life, not to mention access to an agendas? Universities have been ments open up to a much more robust D'SOUZA: That argument depends incredible facility. For the U-M to ac­ rather unsuccessful in promoting and wide-ranging discussion of these upon the premise that Plato, cept the inner city school kid is not harmony in the past. questions because it's not true that the Shakespeare, and others werecomplicit preferential treatment, but a recogni­ concerns of women are limited to the in the crimes of imperialism, slavery, tion of his ability. I can stretch this D'SOUZA: No policy is better than the National Organization of Women's and so on, and that they reflected a example to a student who scored 550 people who implement it. The recent agenda. Women's studies does not "whitemaleperspective." I'mnotcriti­ on the SAT who still might show more debate about political correctness has serve its purpose best by being an cizing scholarship that examines, for potential than a kid who scored 600. widened the parameters about what academic wing of the feminist move­ example, male and female roles in What I'm calling for is a more prudent may be said on campus. I am more ment. Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. return to an assessment of individuals optimistic now than even a year ago But it's simple-minded to reduce art­ in light of circumstances, because ev­ about the possibility of discussing these REVIEW: The U-M's College of Lit­ ists and philosophers to mere instru­ erybody knows how well circum­ issues in a more candid way than was erature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) ments of bigotry. stances affect performance. possible in the past.

REVIEW: Would the so-called "white REVIEW: Another recently criticized backlash" against affirmative action trend has to do with the creation of Review Summer Reading List decrease? Afro-American and women's studies In addition to Illiberal Education, we recommend the following departments. fine books:. D'SOUZA: Not only would it decrease, it would disappear. The ractal stigma D'SOUZA: I do not make the argu­ • Tenured Radicals, by Roger Kimball that now attends affirmative action ment, which is made by many conser­ • The Closing of the American Mind, by Alan Bloom would dissolve. People of all races vatives, that these programs should be • Profscam, by Charles Sykes would benefit as we move away from abolished. I think that there is legiti­ • Parliment of Whores, by P.J. O'Rourke a racial head-counting system. There mate room for debate and scholarship

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Satire: '\ " .'fo A Beginner's Lexicon for the U-M

by Adam J. DeVore, John J. Miller, The Presidential Mansion: This on one of the following floors: 2, 2A, pers have been reporting for more than and Brtan J. Jendryka large white home located on South 2B, 21/2, 2 East, 2 South, or 1+1. two years: the death of communism. To all new students, welcome to Univer&ity (sometimes lovingly called Credit-Card Tables: These all­ Campus Cops: When the idea of the University of Michigan

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Bush Address

Continued From Page 1 lives for themselves and their families. We all should be alarmed atthe rise hecfvilyon you. You must protect the The average worker in the United of intolerance in our land, and by the At the same time, government . freedoms of enterprise, speech, and States now spends more than four growing tendency to use intimidation programs have tried to assume roles spirit. You must strengthen the family. months of each year working just to rather than reason in settling disputes. once reserved forfamilies, schools, and You must build a peaceful and pros­ pay the tax man, and increasing num­ Neighbors who disagree no longer settle churches. This is understandable, but perous future. bers of citizens see that burden as a matters over a cup of coffee. They hire dangerous. When government tries to We don't need another Great Soci­ barrier to achieving their dreams. la wyers and then go to court. And p0- serve as a parent, or teacher, or moral ety, with huge and ambitious programs We've tried to put a lid on the litical extremists roam the land, abus­ guide, individuals may be tempted to administered by the incumbent few. spending that drives taxes, and to con­ ing the privilege of free speech, setting discard their own sense of responsibil­ We need a Good Society, built upon centrate govern­ ity - to argue that only government the deeds of the many-a society that ment efforts on must help people in need. promotes service, selflessness, action. truly national If we have learned anything in the The Good Society poses a chal­ purposes. This is past quarter century, it is that we can­ lenge: it dares you to explore the full only common not federalize virtue. Indeed, as we promise of citizenship, to join in part­ sense. And if we pile law upon law, program upon pro­ nership with family, friends, and gov­ want to build gram, rule upon rule, we actually <;tn ernment to make our world better. faith in govern­ weaken people' smoral sensitivity. The The Good Society does notdemand ment, we must rule of la w gives way to the rule of the agonizing sacrifice. It requires som~ demand public loophole - the notion tha t wha tever is thing within everyone's reach: com­ services that not illegal must be acceptable. In this mon decency. Common decency and serve the public. way,lreat goals go unmet.... commitment. Know your neighbors. We must insist When I talked of a kindler, gentler Build bonds of trust at home, at work, on compassion nation, I wasn't trying to create a slo­ wherever you go: Don't just talk about that works. gan. I was issuing a challenge. An ef­ principles: live them. But the fective government must know its Let me leave you today with an power to create limitations and respect its people's ca­ exhortation: Make the most of your also rests on pabilities. In return, people must as· abilities. Question authority, but ex­ other freedoms, University of Michigan President James J. DuderstadL sume the final burden of freedom - an,line1ou'rself. Demand good govern­ especially the freedom to think and citizens against one another on the ba- that's resporisibility. ment, but strive to do what is good. .. } . speak one' smind. The freedom to speak sis of their dassor race. Such bullying Al'I.y intr.oductory course in politi· . Take risks. Muster the courage to be one's mind, that may be the most fun· is outrageous, and not worthy of a cal philosophy teaches that freedom what I call a point of light. Also! define damental and deeply revered of an our great nation g~unded in the values of entails responsibility. Most of our your missions positively. Don't seek liberties. Americans like to debate, to tolerance and respect. So let's fightback greatest responsibilities confront usnot out villains. Don't fall prey to obses­ say what we think, because it separates against the boring politics of division in government hearing rooms, but sions of "freedom from" various ills. good ideas from bad. It defines and and derision. around dinner tables, on the streets, at Focus on freedom's promise--on your cultivates the diversity upon which our As Americans we must use our the office. promise. na tional greatness rests. It tears off the persuasi ve powers to conquer bigotry And if you teach your children and When John Kennedy talked of blinders of Ignorance and prejudice and once and for all. We must conquer the lets us move on to greater things. temptation to assign bad motives to Ironically, on the 200th anniver- people who disagree with us. What began as a crusade for civility has sary of our Bill of Rights, we find free If we hope to make full use of the speech under assault throughout the optimism I discussed earlier, men and soured into a cause of conflict and even~i United States, including on some col- women must feel free to speak their lege campuses. The notion of "poli tical hearts and minds. We must build a censorship. Disputants treat sheer force correctness" has ignited controversy society in which people can join in ... as a substitute for the power of ideas. across the land. Although the mov~ common cause without having to sur- ment arises from the laudable desire to render their identities. sweep away the debris of racism and You can lead the way. Share your others how to hate, they will learn. And sending a man to the moon, he didn't hatred, it replaces old prejudices with thoughts, your experiences, and your if you encourage them not to trust oth­ say: We want to avoid getting stranded new ones. It declares certain topics off- hopes and your frustrations. Defend ers, they will follow your lead. If you on this planet. He said: We'll send a limits, certain expressions off-limits, others' right to speak. If harmony be talk about compassion, but refuse to man to the moon. We must be equally even certain gestures off-limits. our goal, let's pursue harmony - not help those in need, your children will determined to achieve our common What began asa crusade for civility inquisition. learn to look the other way. goals.• has soured into a cause of conflict and The virtue of free speech leads Once your commencement ends, • We live in the most exciting period even censorship. Disputants treat sheer naturally to another, equally impor- you have to rely on the sternest stuff of of my lifetime-and quite posSibly of force - ~tting their foes punished or tant dimension of freedom-freedom all: yourself. yours. The old ways of doing things expelled, forinstance-as a substitute of spirit. In recent times, often with In the end, government will not have run their course. Find new ones. • for the power of ideas. noble intentions, we as a nation have make you good or evil. The quality of Dare to serve others and fu ture genera­ Throughout history; attempts to discouraged good works. Nowadays, your life, and of our nation's future, tions will never forgetthe example you micromanage casual conversation have many respond to the misfortune by depends as much on how you treat set. )nly incited distrust. They invited asking: Whom can I sue? Even worse, your fellow women and men as it does This is your day. Barbara and I are people to look for an insult in every many would-be Samaritans wonder: on the way in which we in Washington very proud to share it with you. Con­ Nord, gesture, or action. In their own Will someone sue me? Talented, con- conduct our affairs of state. After all, gratulations to each and every one of :>rwellian way, crusades that demand cemed men and women avoid such the opposite of greed is not taxation. It you. Thank you. Good luck. :orrect behavior crush diversity in the noble professions as medicine is service. May God bless you and the United 'lame of diversity. . . My visi~~ ~or . A~e~ca depends States of America .

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Movie Review: Orientation .j' ~ ~ lit·",

At the Movies: .. ,.,'Dls-0 .' .rien.tation 'l'" by Adam DeVore Cl'wlesMoody'scommentsaboutrac~ ' more militant version of our present pressed gro~ps. It's pretty dull, but When reviewing movies, it is cus~ ist, sexist, and homophobic behavior~ diversity requirement, giving $35,000 . you can enliven the experience by lis­ tomary to attempt, in some degree, to which presumably includes many va- . " per year to the Black Student Union . tening carefully for two words: '1ib- persuade the reader to see, or dissuade rietiesofspeech. Moody says we must, (which has been used to bring anti:- eral" and. "conservative." The former hqn&omseeing, the movie in question. "make sure that everyone knows that ". .' &!mitic arid raci~tspeakerslike.steven is used; twice, in a positive sensei the Butduring your orientation's Diversity that kind of behavior will not be tol- . Cokeley to campus), and "awaren~ latter, once, in a negative sense, which Seminar, as many of you have learned, erated·[here at Michigan]." Granted,.• ' . raising" (read: tendentious) orientation seems toaJ~ nicely summarize the U- ~aretwodullflicksYQuaredoomed Moody perhaps did not intend us to Fogram workshops. M's jaundiCed concept of diversity. toendUre. The most outrageous ofthe understand him as trampling on the ' , The film ends with this bit of sage " '- .---.. -. _.... - . ------two is Commitment to Diversity, star­ First Amendment, but it is the only wJSdom: "(we) need to recognize dis- '. ,AdamDeV~.,.· ajunior in philoso- ringU-M president James Duderstadt. . I phy and Spamsh, and an executive Commitment to Diversity is the U­ . editol of th, Revino. M'~~es pitch for iiSbuzzword of.the How interesting that "intellectual di­ 199().fs.Diversity.1t clearly rep~n~ . .theU':"M's best effo~.opaint a pretty versity" or 1/ diversity of thought and faCe .on an embarrassing.bit of history - specifically, se~aJ . djscri.minatory ideas" is absent from the list. actsthatoccurreda.{ewyearsago-by ~ting Duderstadt as a progre$-' .' . . SiV~i; etUightened le~.q~ for the years interpretationthatleavesDuderstadt's " mmmationinallitsforms. Lookatthe to~. Yetdespi" thefilttt's efforHo past ; pra~ce consistent with what he University and ilspolicies and PnlC- portfay the quest IQr diversity as a presen~professes. -~ tices," we are told. Yet one does not get s.tegy for preparingU-M students . . Jiurtherinsight is provided-by the thefeelingthatthenarratorisreferring '. to productively and harmoniously narrator's,.explanation of diversity. to Affirmative Action. function in the multicultural society of "DiversitY of race, gender, cultural The second film is a series of inter- the 21st century, the political agenda background, sexual orientation, [and) vie\Vs with students of variousoJr behind the rhetoric is readily religious beliefs are all a welcome part disc;ernable. of an enriching and comprehensive . 'The opening scenes are artist's educational experience." How inter- sketChes, much like those seen on esting that "intellectual diversity," or televisiondepictingheadline-grabbing "diversity of thought and ideas," is trials. The first shows a man with a absent from the list. This becomes even swastika arm-band scolding another more confusinginlightof the narrator's man wearing a skullcap; the second SUbsequent encouragement to "talk . shows a group of protestors carrying openly" about our differences and signs that read "Free South Africa" similarities. How can one "talk openly" BuUhe film juxtaposes these black and about one's religiOUS convictions, for m~t ftUdtigan latla w~temoral issues\Vith opinions of ~t\$tance, if one is. afraid of being qu~tlonabler merit. ~e third scene b~anded llhomophobic" and being,' WEEKEND MAGAZINE Best of Ann Arbor 1991 ~OWS feminist pr~tors carrying.. " fofced to attend aSensitlvity workshop?' .••. "pro-choice" and "NOW" signst and, " Perhapsthemostpatheticelemen~ _ U\..R\~~ thefourth reveals a groUpholdingllGay however, is the U-M'sattempt to reCast . has been ilwarded Priq~" and IIMore AIDS Funding" . historysoitismoretoitsliking.Rathet _ 1!f&1 :r""'IQD~ - In the nlnI.h annual -Best of Ann ArbOr- •• ~ It is striking that these latter " . than portraying the administration as •. ~. ~ poU allhe UniWf5ltV of Mlchlgan. fOUtwntroversiahtatements provide .' .;. b,aving been backed into a dark cornet '.' .' \hIS nlndUflth day of April. 199\ ~)"troduction for Commitment, and , .. and forced to kowtow to noisy ccunpus. that the lJ-M's ~rief sam of diversityradic~,CommitmentcastsDuderstadt · · did nOt include equal camera time fQr as a responsive, avant-garoe rerol'lrt- . ~g views. Appcuently, op~ " ,st. E'PI¢ns the narrator, ''The~'s ci . .' ing.vjewshavenopta~inthewonder- long tradition of students getting in- . futworld of diversity. . volvedin issues that affect the campus .... After the narrator explains that ru; a whole~ Just a few years ago there diyersity allaws one to learn about was widespread concern on the part of different peoples and cultures, the students and of the community .. Duderstadt is featured praising diver- that Michigan wasn't living up to its sity, especially the virtues of "toler- commitment to increase minority par~ ance" and "respect." It might seem ticipationoncamp~ ... Dr.Duderstadt 57YEARS Main Bookstore: paradoxical, then, that the same alsoincreasedthefundingforp~ 549 East Un i vers~y Duderstadt tried to foist a speech code that would improve the participation Art/Engineering Store and on students at the U-M. (See related of members of different minority Electronics Showroom: UA,...;IIA'S 1117 South University article, page 6.) Yet we can better un- .groups throughout the university Ann Arbor, MI 48104 derstand what Duderstadt must have community." She neglects to detail the Phone: 313·662-3201 really meant by "tolerance" if we con- sort of demands to which the admin- Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00 siderVice-ProvostforMinorityAffairs istration gave in, such as establishing a MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE Saturday 9:3()..S:OO

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Book Review: College Guide ., 'fr Better than the University of Michigan?

The National Review College Guide ploys is based on three principles; "(1) Maryland, where the average SA T score higher education today. Too many Edited by Charles Sykes the quality and availability of the fac­ is 960, as at the University of Chicago schools like the U-M, which used to and Brad Miner ulty, (2) the quality of the curriculum . with its upper middle range score of educate students properly, have lost Wolgemuth & Hyatt Inc. (one that respects the traditions of the 1410. Some schools are bound to be their academic integrity and courage. Paperback, $14,95 West), and (3) the quality of the intel­ more competitive than others, but the By establishing a "value-free" cur­ 212 pgs. lectual environment." At the heart of a guide lists them all as America's best. riculum, these once-great institutions strong education is the art of teaching. The guide also seems to subscribe have lead students to moral confusion by Kishore Jayabalan No graduate students should teach to the idea that students are incapable and ideological nihilism. The national media has recently undergraduates; professors should be of intelligently choosing their courses. In the afterword, the editors in­ drawn considerable attention to the hired to teach, not to publish their re­ To the editors, the less choice involved clude a section on getting the most out threat of political correctness (PC> on search. in the curriculum, the better. While a of a college education. This illuminat­ college campuses across the country. core curriculum is desirable, electives ing advice can help the prospective Reports of the academic left restricting are not necessarily detrimental, so long student to find qualified professors free speech and replacing traditional as the courses are still academic in na­ while avoiding the incompetent ones. elements of the Western canon with ture. Also, as the editors note, there It also helps students choose the most courses of dubious merit that fly under must be more than 50 schools that fit worthwhile classes: the authors warn the rubrics of "diversity" and under these standards. A second edi­ against any course that has the title "multiculturalism" have raised great tion"hopes to list approximately 100 "Thesociologyof..." All are very sound controversy, as well as the intellectual such schools. recommendations that would be of ire of the right. Despite these shortcomings, the interest to any student, professor, of Now, the National Review, ..guide is a useful source of information. administrator interested in discovering founded in the 19505 by William F. Particularly enlightening are the quotes in what a good education shouldcon­ Buckley, Jr., has issued advice of its in the margins of every third page or sisto own. Edited by Charles Sykes, author so. There are numerous tidbits of edu­ of Profscam, and the NR's literary edi­ cational theory by figures such as Tho­ J5jsho'fe'Jayabalan is a senior in eco­ tor, Brad Miner, The National Review mas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and 'nomics and political science and a College Guideprofileswhatitconsiders So how can we characterize .the A. Bartlett Giamatti. The College Guide staff writer for the Review. Amenca'stopSOliberalartsschools.In institutions the guide selected? None vividly points out what is wrong with an admirable effort to highlight the of the schools listed employ teaching nation's top colleges, the guide also assistants; all classes are small and confronts the specter of political cor- taught by professors. All but one rectness presently ha unting many for- (W illiam and Mary) are pri v a te insti tu- RE S ERV E OF FleERS' TRAI NI NG CORP S merly hallowed halls. tions, and many are religious in affili- From the start, the reader will no- ation. The schools vary in size (from tice the conspicupus absence of "big- Boston University with 29,000 students name" institutiollS such as the Uni- to Thomas More College in New versity of Michigan, Harvard, Yale, or Hampshire with just 65), and location, Stanford. Why are such schools absent with schools in 25 states, although most from the list? As Buckley writes in the are located in the South. Some of the introduction, "this is not because you more prestigious schools include the cannot get a good educationat Harvard, University of Chicago, Columbia Col- but because you can graduate from lege and Notre Dame. The College Guide Harvard without a good education." lists Calvin, Hillsdale and Hope col- But what qualifies as a "good educa- leges in Michigan. No Big Ten schools hon," according to B\lckley? were included. A solid college education, accord- Two additional characteristics ing to the College Guide, should include were readily noticeable among the BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TBIS GUY exposure to the classics of Western schools. First and foremost, every civilization through the study of its schoolhasa core curriculum, requiring IS IN CLASS. history, philosophy and culture. The students to take certain classes and U you're looking for excitement and adven· ture, you'll find it when you enroll in Army guide justifies the strict liberal arts read certain works in order to develop ROTC. It's not your ordinary college elective. orientation of its ideal curriculum by a common intellectual background explaining that students, "must learn regardless of studenes individual something about what happened in major. Second, many of the schools the evolution of the modem world," reject federal government funding. I and not just how to function in it. While These schools, such as Hillsdale, can ARMY ROTC not explicitly critical of vocational thereby withstand external political TIE SMARTEST COWGE courses of study like business or engi- pressures. COURSE YOU CAN rAKE. neering, the guide clearly maintains There are a few weak points in the Call 764-2400, or that a strong liberal arts education will College Guide. 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. ~' Book Review: American Psycho '" ~" ~ ,, Ellis Novel not Unli.ke Government Antics Mindless Egotistical Displays, Vacuous Content Torture Readers

American Psycho tween his Marquis de Sade-Iike diary taken for a pass. Luis admits to being the sins of the 1980s. Bret Eas10n Ellis entries. pleased that Bateman is also a closet At the end of the book. Ellisleaves Vintage Bateman is meticulous in both the homosexual. Confused, -:c-~ ,--::,~ -=--- the reader wondering about paperback, $11.00 torture and murder of his victims and Bateman flees in an em- -_ '~_ ~---_ .z_ ' ~ ~_-~.}':-::- - '= Bateman's fate an~ bewil­ 399 pages in his daily life. In one scene, he de­ barrassed rage. ::-' "'~ ,-:,. , ~r*2 -=- dered as to certam unex- by Jay Sprout sCribes his morning routine and all of Because of mo- -:o=;. ~__ ' '"-- _~~~ _- plained events. The re- Several months before American the products he uses to keep himself mentslikethese,Psycho _ __ _ _ ~ ~~.,.- _ ~_ sultgivestheappearance Psycho hit the bookstores, Bret Easton beautiful. Likewise, every laceration would perhaps be a ~~-;.. ~;:;- ~ _ ~:- of the author simply get­ Ellis franticly searched for a publish­ - and dismemberment is given in vivid su~cessasa COmedYdUe "o~ 1~ ~ ~. .ti .ng too tired and lazy to ing house that would handle his stun­ detail, whether it be listing which to Its laughable. thought --:-'_ -: ? @~I~ firushanalreadybadrough ningly violent and explicitly porno­ chemicals he applies to his victims, or a patterns and dIalogue. In- --_ =--'F-. - draft. graphic manuscript. Vintage finally depiction of which powertool he uses s~ead, it fails as a ve!Uclefor grap~ic JaySp-ro-u-t-is-a-fr-e-s-hm-an-in-L-SA-an-d-a decided to publish the book last spring, to bore, sever, or dismember his sub- VIolence, t~ough Elhs see~ t~ think staff writer for the Review. He likes but one wonders jects. It is difficult to ~e has wntten a subs~antial PIece of chain saws. A lot whether the con trover- see why Ellis in­ literature that provocatively addresses ______sial contents or the ab­ cludes such de- ~ surd story line led to scriptions, though booksellers' hesitancy. Bateman justifies Patrick Bateman, his vivid DiaryE m­ narrator, playboy, and tries on the basis homicidal hobbyist, that he is seeking to supplements his inher­ understand the i ted family fortune wi th psychology of his his own six figure in­ victims. This ap­ come. He is handsome, pears to be Ellis' charming, athletic, in­ cop-out, however, telligent, and impecca­ as we never get any bly tan. He has every­ revealing psycho­ BOOK Be SUPPLY thing going for him analysis of these 3175 STATE ST .665-4990 which, of course, makes hypothetical hu­ him a good candidate man guinea pigs. 100/0 OFF for a serial killer. From After discover­ Michigan this point on, it seems ing he has missed a Souvenir Items as if Ellis didn't care sale at a private T·Shlrb . S"'Uh, · HI t. · ~~ ~iil CI~UiW4rt . ft<.~l'1 S~ rlS enough :about his sub- boutique, Bateman Chlk! ' : I r:\ ' H U'II'~Il ,' I :: •. 1IIIJ ~ :ilT' i:Ii1J~~~1l"iI2~oo":" more than who they know spermicidal lubricant they Sept and what they can afford. forgot to add to the two Sept. IJUlOR DAY Sept Sept Sept Sept Bateman describes his as­ methods of birth control 2 3 4 5 6 7 sociates not by their faces ~~ they were already using. 1 H ~URS: HOURS: Houns: HOUlIS: HOURS HOUl,S: HOURS : but by the desi~er labe~s ~~ While ransacking 9:30-5 they wear. PhYSIcal descnp- - ::;~ 'K Courtney's medicine cabinet 12-5 12-6 8-9 8-9 8-9 8-8 tions are limited to how ex- ~' to find the spermicide before Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept pensive their haircut looks and the mood is broken, he pauses to such vague adjectives as IIflabby" and criticize the dullness of her bathtub 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "hardbody". Early into the book it be­ decor. Bateman later attempts to mur­ HOURS: I-lOURS: HOUlIS HOUl,S : HOU RS : HOURS: HO Ul,S - comes apparent that Ellis does this less derCourtney's boyfriend, Luis. Unfor­ 12-5 8-9 8-9 9-6 9-6 9-6 9:30-5 for effect than to take up space in be- tunately, his physical contact is mis-

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Music: Album Reviews '~~~ " , f~ Crusty's Corner Petty jumps into the by Crusty Muncher Mike Patton, vo­ Great Wide Mainstream calist for Faith No Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opener, "learning to Fly," and theopti­ More, has completed Into the Great Wide Open mistic ballad, "You and I Will Meet a new album withhis MeA Records Again," begin to redeem the effort. Add old band, San Fran­ by John J. Miller "Out in the Cold," and "Makin' Some cisco-based Mr. This f!\ight be Tom Petty's first Noise," a pair ofbarnstonners, and the Bungle. The album " official release with the Heartbreakers core of a great album begins to fonn. will be re leased in the since 198TsLetMe Up (['veHad Enough), Unfortunately, any larger ambi­ late summer on but it bears the indelible mark of his tions quickly deflate. Petty and the Warner Brothers and work with Jeff Lynne on Full Moon Heartbreakers proudly declared 1985' s the band plans to tour Fever, Petty's solo album. The collabo­ Southern Accents to a be tribute to their in the fall. Mr. ration results in a familiar, Lynne-in­ origins in semi-rural Florida. Into the Bungle's music is in spired sound: acoustic guitars crea ting Great Wide Open also flirts with region­ the white-boy funk the rhythm and high-tech hannony alism: the songs are often stories set in s~le of the Chi lis or backing vocals drifting in and out for a southern California. Petty now per­ Primus spiced up sleek but relaxing sound. fonns for a more mainstream, commer­ with some smutty The music is pleasing.. but remains cial audience, and spends his spare and hilarious lyrics distant from the anguished Southern time with 1960s icons. He can still write penned by Patton rock that first gained the band its well­ a good tune, but his impressive back himself. Some crusty deserved recognition. Similarly, Petty, catalog includes some of the finest gossip: According to who usually writes adept and clever American roc\viver recorded. The a reliable source, lyrics, frequently strays into cliche­ grassroots Sin~erity of these albums'" Mike's a happier ridden territory on Into the Great Wide eclipses Petty's r;~wfound great wide dude in the Bungle Open,: "They sky was the limit," "Her open. ranks and the other guys in FNM are a imagination ran wild," and "Our love " was built to last." John J. Miller is a senior in English Mike Muir and his Suicidal Ten- .. tad"jealous. Have no fear, Faith No StiU, songs like the laid-back and editor-at:-large for the Review. dencies are doing their thing.in More will have new stuff out soon. If arenas this summer. you'd like more info on Mr. Bungle _ write to Kristin Yee Mgmt., 3470 19th r'-A---C------.------Tr------d--·-t--·-----""i\ ' Stree~;:u~~~~~~~~;=:e~~:I~~· Ted'S ~pus Exc:llentAd~entureseq~elsee~tobe . am]..1. a . I Ion. an ImpresslVe collection. Kmg's x, I . Primus, Faith No More, and Megadeth contributed tracks to the album, as did cheese-metalers Wingert Slaughter, Vot~d #1 by readers of the: and Kiss .... Suicidal Tendencies are support­ ingQueensryche this summer on a tour across the States. Never thought I'd see Michigan Daily the day when Mike Muir and his band would be doing their thing in arenas. Ann Arbor News Most of their song list can be heard on their Grammy-nominated album " Lights ... Camera ... Revolution .... Orga­ nizers are still trying to put together a Eastern Echo 'Gathering of the Tribes' tour for the summer. On the unofficial bill includes The Ramones, Fishbone, EpMdt Ann... ______Arbor Metro Times. ., King's X,Yo-Yoand more.... • . Son of Bazerk's new album on Free I @tt~'nn M~~:.::::~~rt~:;,,~:;:1 ~~~:';::~r~:~~~:C~~~:::;: I Since 194; UfiPi,Z2d® • Chuck D called lithe hardest rapper I ·very' I $5 95 • have ever heard, period," mixes ele- Dell • I Valid only at: • (+tax) • ments of reggae, soul, funk, and metal UIM Central Campus ()fti . S te be 8 1991, into a dissonant masterpiece of beats Free deli very in • 546 Packard er expIres ep m r , and samples. The record was produced . I 66.5-6005 Not aIid wtIh !her off I by studio wizards Hank and Keith 40 nunutes or • v Not~pted~pon ert. Shocklee of Public Enemy and Ice Cube I U of M North Campus MAY BE William St ,..taurant • fame. 1ess guaranteed,. 927 Maiden Lane USED FOR orTheCoUagelnn . . !.!:c::.!ru!!;'s:"ty-M-u-n-ch-e-r-th-in-k-s-h-e-'s-M-r. or $3 00 off' I 995-9101 MORE THAN ~~=:.- I Fancy-Pants now that he has his own . . L FAX 995·9109 0 NE PIZZA . . 1"iIyI~ ~Iiv.!)' II/'M...... ~cQc.h=unn~.:.:tl~e:;..:'s~n~o~t.:.....- _____ ------_ .. ..• " ... "· •• · .T.W,. ...·•· .• .-.-.."'- ...".~<"', ...... ' '''.. ''''~·~_"...".. __~ : ...>''''' '''' ".:... ~~,_~"-~~~~~~fI]: , ; ._9. F?XI The Michigan Review, Summer, 1991, p. 16

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Music >Ii ''!t './! Hot Summer Tu,nes: The Throbs and ToO

The Throbs and "Rip ,it up/' which belongs in a label, no.w has a fit standard by which My Wayward Son," but never strays The Language of Thieves and Vaga- " beer commercial. aU of its products can be judged: very far from a brooding bass-line. bonds The Throbs, however, have a good Temple o.f the Dog. Guitars cut big, rough grooves on Dave Geffen Company sense of what should go into a rock The album importantly marks the ''Pushin' Forward Back," and "Your song. Highlights include "Only Way emergence of the ubiquitous Chris Savior," the first half o.f this pair being .( by John J. Miller Out," which lazily differs from chord Cornell, vocalist of Soundgarden, the album's best song. Slower n!lmbers The Thro.bs were somewhat in~ to chord and features respectable Seattle's most successful act, and pr~ balance the rockers, and there are evitable, asort o.f Guns' n Roses-Black singing, and "Ecstasy," a Stones-type ducer of such albums as the Scream~ thankfully no insincere acoustic bal­ Crowesmixturewhose labelho.pes they boogie that features Little Richard on ing Trees' Uncle Anesthesia. Cornell lads about lost loves or loose women. will similarly captivate radio listeners. piano. displays talents on ToO previously Temple of the Dog provides a sort The final product, however, proves the Radio. could pick out of few unrealized. He owns a truly remark~ of magnum opus for hard rock coming marriage to. be interesting, though no.t worthwhile tunes -"Only Way Out" able voice, but his significant contri~ out of Seattle. If Cornell and company completely successful. Whereas many is a gem - but ultimately The Throbs butions to ToO demonstrate first-rate never record anything else, we shall bands cannot escape from a single are more interesting in their various songwriting and production abilities. still be thoroughly satisfied. sound, the Throbs appear unable to separa te incarna tions than as an en ti ty. The first two tracks, "Say Hello 2 settle into anything for more than a Heaven," and "Reach Down" com~ John J. Miller is a senior in English five-minute so.ng. The somewhat Temple of the Dog memorate Andrew Wood, a Seattle and editor-at large for the Review. He abrasive performances o.Head vocalist Temple of the Dog ~ . rock singer whose drug-induced death would never sing an insincere aCO\18- Sweetheart (tha t' s what he's called, no A&MRecords prompted the hasty formation of this tic ballad about lost loves or loose

kidding) forms only a tenuous and ", . . band. The former is a well-crafted women. unsatisfying connection from number Seatfle, Washington has now Qffi~ tribute, a sort of bluesy rock that never to number. Thus we get the ~isjointed dally become the Athens, Georgia of increases past mid-tempo, but soars collection of "Underground," with its the 1990s L~home to. America's mOst duringComeH's.emotional wails. The catchy chorus, "Come Down Sister," vital and thriving underground music latter, too-long at eleven minutes and with its bar-band feel, "Honey Child," scene. The "Seattle Sound," inaugu­ heavy on harmony and vocals, at time~ with its made for top-forty acoustics, rated on the ultra-hip Sub-Pop record ~unds like a re-makeof "Carry on.

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