THE MICHIGAN REVIEW Volume 16, Number 2 The Campus Affairs Journal of the University of Michigan October 8, 1997 LEADERSHIP-2017: A Conflict of Interest?

BY EvAN KNOTT AND lEE BocKHORN

VERY SUMMER, THE University of Michigan spon­ E sors and facilitates Leader­ ship 2017, a highly selective summer internship program for students in­ volved in top positions of select stu­ dent organizations on campus. In­ tended to foster a unique collabora­ tive experience for the campus's most involved students to interact with Uni­ versity staff, administrators, and other student organizations, most stu­ dents at U-M know little about the program, its selection process, or how it has affected the University commu­ nityas a whole since its inception in 1994. While administration officials boast about the numerous campus­ oriented services and projects per­ formed during and after each year's sll1tlmer program, a critical analysis of 'the program reveals numerous questionable attributes inherent in CAMPUS Leadership 2017's structure and poli- , ', . Jr . ' "INTEGRITY "_,i, •• , . mea.'...... Leadership2017 originated dul-~ . ing a public forum of student leaders in the 1993-94 academic year. The program, under the direction of As­ sistant to the Vice-President of Stu­ dent Affairs Debra Moriarty and ~\\~ DEPT Associate Vice-President and Dean

A of Students Royster Harper, is pro­ S'rU " vided as one of the programs ofMichi­ gan Leadership Initiatives (MLI). MLI's Board of Directors, which gives 2017 the "seal of approval" each year, 2017 consists roughly of 22 members, com­ prised in halfby students and in half by faculty, staff, and alumni. Corpo­ rate representation is also present, currently through a U-M alumni working with Proctor and Gamble. The intentions for the program were to allow student leaders to col­ laborate with one another and the administration to build a stronger ogy on page 8 . • Editor-in- Chief Benjamin student voice on campus. Each in­ Kepple examines problems ternship session was designed to fa­ • Managing Editor Matt Buckley INSIDE! with Student Government in his cilitate five goals - to enhance par­ reckless column, Lost in the stares down Bruce Babbitt on page 9. T ticipants' leadership skills, to create Eighties )! • • See our coverage of Leadership and implement a project to improve 2017 - continued on pages 3 and • Sports Editor Rob Wood covers all specific organizations or campus as a I 7 inside. Managing Editor Evan aspects of Michigan football from fu­ • Staff writer Maureen Sirhal whole, to initiate and continue strate­ Knott and Campus Affairs Editor ture games to interviewing the examines the real lessons the gic planning for individual organiza­ Lee Bockhorn collaborated to Superfan. See pages 10 and 11. campus should be learning from tiona, to allow student leaders to build bring you this report. the Tamara Williams tragedy. relationships with their J1eers and I • Music Editor Chris Hayes reviews See page 6. university staff, and to have partici­ albums and shows. His wisdom is I • We examine the IRS and offer pant s work with administrators in nicelXbottled for you on pages 14 and \ our opinion on Lea. dership 2017 on • Staff writer C. J. Carnacchio page 4. debunks environmental myiliol- 15. See LEADERSHIP 2017, Page 3 - ---,--,------~--"------'--'....:...;-'--.--~------'------~-----~...:-:.--'--~...:.---~-

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The Campus Affairs Journal of the o SERPENT'S TOOTH University of Michigan 'Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" EOlIORIAL BOARD

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Benjamin Kepple We couldn't help but notice Paul Spring 1998 Commencement Com­ when their Master Plan is lifted di­ ASSOCIATE PUBUSHER: Sang Lee Serilla's (author of the infamous mittee, however, we're warning you: rectly from the script of The Life of MANAGING EDITOR: Matthew Buckley "SeriIla Warfare" column) latest pu­ Don't get any funny ideas. Brian? MANAGING EDITOR: Evan Knott trid installment in last Friday'sDaily. CAMPUS AFFAIRS EOlIOR: Lee Bockhom ARTS EDITOR: Kristina Curkovic Normally, we'd gleefully begin to tear In the spirit of CBC's "This Hour has Demonstrating their penchant for him apart, but we can't really start a 22 Minutes," the Michigan Review hard-hitting investigative journal­ EOlIORIAl STAFF battle of wits with an unarmed oppo­ would like to sound, as a public ser­ ism, we're proud to congratulate the nent. It would be kind of mean to vice anouncement, a warning to MSA MUSIC EOlIOR: Chris Hayes Daily for their September 30th fea­ SPORTS EDITOR: Rob Wood engage in a battle of wits with some­ President Mike N agrant: ture entitled «Alcohol Common for ., ILLUSTRATOR: Astrid Phinlps one who is not only unanned, but Students Under 21." Keep your eyes COMPUTER CONSULTANT: Jesse Kepple apparently wearing a large, flashing, peeled for future Daily stories, possi­ THE LAW: OffIcer Barbrady target sign that screams "LOOK! I'M DO bly including but by no means limited STAFF WRITERS: Nate Boven, C. J. Camacchio, S. C. A CLASS-A MORON!" on it. SOMETHING! to: Einspahr, Craig Garthwaite, Andrew Golding, Doug • "Class Attendance Common on Hillho"", Jacob Oslick, Maureen SirhaI, Jamie Smith. We here at Serpent's Tooth find it Exam Days." incredibly shocking and extremely Former MSA President Fiona Rose CORRESPONDENTS: Tom Jolliffe (Madrid), Dan Succarde (Los Angeles) disturbing that participants in the was recently featured in Glamour • "Flower Delivery Common on vaunted Leadership 2017 program did magazine as one of their ''Top Ten Valentine's Day." EDITOR EMERITUS: Geoff Brown College Women of the Year." When nothing this summer except get paid The Michigan Review is the independent, studenktln $11 an hour to Party Like It's 1999. asked to name the one item she· • "Michigan Winters Commonly Un-. joumal of conservative and libertarian opinion at the Uni­ couldn't make it through college with- ~ pleasant." versity of Michigan. We neither solicit nor accept monetary In an unparalleled event, the Univer­ out, she replied, "My running shoes. donations from the u-M. Contributions to the Michigan Running is my escape; it's the only WDIV-TV (channel 4, Detroit) hasn't Review are tax-deductible under Section 501 (c)(3) of the sity of Michigan has raised close to Internal Revenue Code. The Review is not affiliated with $1.4 billion dollars over a five year time I'm alAffirmative Action, So very many ... Unsigned edHorials represent the opinion of the editorial board. Ergo, they are unequivocably correct and just. Signed article~, letters, and cartoons represent the opin­ ions of the author and nol necessarily those of the Review. The opinions presented in this publication are nol neces­ sarily those of the advertisers or of the University of o LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Michigan. We welcome letters, articles, and comments about the joumal.

Please address all advertising and subscription inquiries To the Editor: to: Publisher c/o the Michigan Review. Editorial And Business Offiees: I've got to talk to you about your be dismissed with a one-liner, but you Sclwol junior Paul Bhasin, whereas 911 N. University Avenue, Suite One Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1265 article, "For Every Affirmative Ac­ didn't tackle any of them. Next time the second was written by Michigan EMAIL: [email protected] tion, There is a Reaction" in the Sep- . you want a good debate, and want to Student Assembly President Mike URL: http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/ tember 17 issue.' While I disagree foster good, solid discussion of an im­ Nagrant. Tel. (313) 647-8438 Fax (313) 936-2505 with your stance on affirmative ac­ portant topic, frnd someone who knows copyright 01997, by The Michigan Review, Inc. tion, that's not a battle anyone can what they're talking about. (I, unfor­ All rights rese

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A) ':,p ,'~ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 their vast representation in past ses- cuss their weekly reading assign- President Anthony Scaglione; the de­ sions. Former participants in 2017 ments taken from Stephen Covey's velopment of an information brochure providing feedback on University pro­ also playa role in seeking out future "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective for the Black Greek Association by grams, policies, and services affect­ participants; one former 2017 partici': People." Within the first few weeks, 1996 participant and BGA President ing campus. pant stated that after his election to participants are also expected to so- Peter Tate; and a review of the Although comprised of an ambi­ the presidency of his student group, lidifY plans for their community or InterFraternity Council's peer edu­ tious and worthy set of program goals, he "was pushed at that time by past organization-based project as well as cation programs by IFC President Ken a closer look at Leadership 2017's program participants to apply to both their involvement in the Welcome to Tanner. The rest of the project time is application and selection process re­ Leadershape and Leadership 2017." Michigan program. spent on community service, joint veals potentially exclusive and elitist Coordinators of 2017 claim that ap- From the beginning of the sum- projects between student groups, and intentions. According to the official plications are open to all students, yet mer session, participants are con- smaller scale "tangible" projects that program description, "decision-mak­ the typical student does not regularly sulted to design many ofthe program's produce more immediate results. ing, project progress, and overall or­ visit or associate with the aforemen- seminars and events by prioritizing Past participants give generally ganizational development are maxi· tioned administrative offices. Student 10-20 topics of interest. Then, ex- rave reviews of 2017's contents. mized when 2017 participants are in leaders who have maintained posi- perts and speakers are contacted and InterFraternity Council President and the top leadership position of their tive relationships with administra- asked to facilitate the many daily 1997 participant Ken Tanner de­ organization. Therefore, it is our in­ tors such as Student Affairs VP events throughout the 2017 summer scribed 2017 as a "positive experi­ tention to select organization presi­ Maureen Hartford before and after session. While the 1997 session in- ence" which not only prepared him for dents to participate." In keeping with their 2017 participation, may thus cluded some useful information for his student leadership role but also such a narrow target of University have an inside advantage in getting student leaders on topics such as gave him leadership skills and knowl­ students, the program allots only 15 selected. The implications ofthis "old media relations and business eti- edge which he was able to pass on to internship positions each summer. boys network" are twofold. First, stu- quette; it also included various politi- other members of his organization. While the program asserts that all dents on friendly terms with adminis- cally liberal seminars and other ques- Former BGA President Peter Tate students are eligible to apply, "prior­ trators may have an advantage in ."'lienable activities. For example, on stated that he believes "there is no . ity consideration will be given to stu­ applying to 2017. Second, such a se- May 28th participants devoted a two better leadership opportunity in ex­ dents who represent organization~ lection process mitigates one of the ~ hour "educational session" toward istence, and 2017 definitely needs to that have a significant impact or po-· most fundameIlMl'goals of the pro- " learning about The Michigan Man- remain an option for student leaders tential impact on the campus commu­ gram. There is no point in pursuing date and Agenda for Women, former on this campu~." nity." Yet, nowhere in the program's improved relationS"between the ad- U-M President Duderstadt's contro- Past 2017 participants also take information is "significant impact" or ministration and student leaders versial blueprint for affirmative ac- umbrage at the assertion that there is "potential impact" defined. when good relations already exist tion. On June 3rd, June 17th, July . an inherent conflict ofinterest when Looking at the 1996-97 partici­ between participants and adminis- 8th, and July 22nd participants de~ .. U-M administrators provide paid in­ pant rosters, it seems that the Stu­ trators. According to coordinator voted a total of 14 hours of educa- ternships to student leaders. Kim­ dent Affairs division has a very clear Debra Moriarty, "our selection pro- tionala~ssions to "dive~ity." OnJ].lly berly Dillon, a 1996 participant, said idea of what constitutes a candidate cess is complex; we're not just looking 10th, participants spent an hour shar- NI donJtthlnk theta is any validity to of "impact." While the only formal for a particular leader of an organiza- ing their input on "flyers on campus" those assertions. Administrators were prerequisite for participation in 2017 tion, but for qualities that will affect and later on July 29th spent almost never present at the educational or is attendance in the six day the University community." Dean two hours discussing "the arts." Two feedback sessions." Dillon also stated Leadershape program, an alternative Harper concurred, adding that "our hours were spent learning about af- that the student leaders she met in program open to more students, cer­ goal is for participants to have integ- firmative action on July 29th. The the program were "strong people who tati' student organizations and posi­ rity, meaning to not belong to stu- most interesting of all the "educa- would not be afraid to voice their tions on campus alJ'e represented in dents or the administration." A look tional activities" was the group's 8-11 opinions to administrators," and that the program contimially. For example, at rosters from past sessions strongly 2 hour trip to the Cedar Point amuse- program participants had discussed representatives from MLI, Hillel, challenges these assertions; it is ap- ment park in Sandusky, Ohio on June the conflict of interest issue and con­ Project SERVE, Michigan Student parent that many participants were 5th. (Participants were not paid for cluded that they "were not being Assembly, Residence Halls Associa­ sought with little regard for other this activity.) Another disturbing as- 'bought off' by the Administration." tion, and the Panhellenic Association applicants. pect of the program was the occurance For compensation, each of the 15 were consistently selected. According Moreover, the exclusive and tar- of several informal dinners for the participants in 1997 were paid $11 an to 2017 coordinator Royster Harper, geted application process for 2017 is participants held at the home of VP hour for a 40 hour work week, as well "to not pick the MSA president would further perpetuated by a selection for Student Affairs Maureen Hart- as provided health coverage by Uni­ be a very difficult decision." committee comprised of former pro- ford. The amount of time and resources versity Health Services. Thus, the While consistent participation gram participants, along with the co- devoted to these activities are highly University is in essence attracting 15 from leaders of these groups at first ordinating staff. Emphasis for review questionable. Indeed, analysis of the elite student leaders to spend 12 paid seems to show that 2017 is committed of the essay question applications is program schedule shows the amount weeks attending arguably question­ to representing "diverse perspectives supp6sed to be put on candidates' of time devoted for student input to able seminars and events at a cost of and a cross representation of campus vision, content, and goals. However, administrators on issues like the Code $79,200 (each intern earning $449 organizations," efforts to promote the the potential for conflict of interests of Student Conduct, ostensibly one of per week for 12 weeks) for internship program indicate a concerted effort in allowing past participants to re- the minor components ofthe program, salaries alone. According to Moriarty, by the administration to target par­ view applicants is high. For example, is far outweighed by the amount of the program attempts to provide se­ ticular student leaders. Although an­ 1996 program alumna Fiona Rose was time devoted to "educating" the par- lected participants "a paid internship nouncements for the program are sent in a position to review the application ticipants on the administration's view- based on research of paid internships out to all campus organizations regis­ ofProbir Mehta, a 1997 program par- points on such things as diversity and seniors would get off campus. We want tered with MSA, application materi­ ticipant and Rose's former MSA run- affirmative action. to be competitive." als al'e available mostly in select ad­ ning mate. Participants of 2017 devote 20 Where does the funding for all ministration offices such as the Office Once selected, participants are hours per week to these educational these activities come from? Moriarty of Student Activities and Leadership, expected to devote a minimum of 40 activities and the other 20 to working indicated that expenses for the pro- the Dean of Students Office, and the hours per week to the program. Ac- on their projects. The main focus of Office of the Vice President for Stu­ cording to the program's description, this work is on each participant's in- CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 dent Affairs. In addition, members of 2017 will "also involve evening and dividual project. Examples of these the Roundtable group are specifically weekend work." Indeed, the 1997 are the Religious-Academic Conflict encouraged to apply, as illustrated by -schedule required participants tOD-is- Statement'd'€\velopecl in i996"byHillel 4 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW October 8, 1997

o FROM SUITE ONE 2017: Grave Conflict of Inter6·st

E WERE MORE THAN SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT 15 SELECT interns spent the summer under the tutelage ofthe Vice President of W Student Affairs, and concerned when we learned who those interns were. It seems unimaginable to us that student leaders, who are entrusted with supporting and implementing the goals and hopesofthe rank-and- file members of their respective groups, would so willingly enter into the Leadership 2017 program, where they face incredible conflicts of interest. They routinely spent a great deal of time under the watchful eyes of Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford and other bureaucrats. They spent time involved in seminars that seem oddly devoted to Administration­ friendly policies. They were paid $11 an hour to do so - an incredibly lavish sum. These are the people that many of us routinely turn to for help with problems or concerns dealing with the Administration, and they are being paid by the very people we are complaining about. Does this not reek ofjust a slight conflict of interest? When was the last time you made $11 an hour at a summer job, much less an internship? For those of you who wonder what that comes out to, $11 an hourat40 hours a week for 12 weeks ... $5,280. Fifteen of your student leaders were paid $5,280 "to work" on activities that would undoubtedly affect the University Community, such as regular "information" sessions with such U-M personnel as Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison and 14 hours total studying the wonders of diversity. We find it incomprehensibl~;f . o COMMENTARY as to why students who pride themselves on being leaders would so blindly • enter into a situation where conflicts of interest happened on a daily basis. The participant roster from this past summer reads like a laundry list of IRS Requires Reforlll leaders from student groups that may be potentially tr~OOlingto the University: Michael Nagrant, President of MSA; Lauren Shubo~ , President of LSA-SG; Tim Wright, Residence Halls Association; the list goe ~..on, with participants UR COUNTRY GETS WHAT IT ASKS FOR. WE ASK FOR TAX from groups as diverse as the Interfraternity Council to the .United Asian collection to fund the government. We ask for exemptions and regulations American Association. Were one of a skeptical mind, one might think that the Oin our tax code, to subsidize ag9--penalize all manner of behavior. Over University was trying to cover all the bases. It seems unlikely that this is a mere the course of the past century, .pa:ttf~ularly the last fifty years, the result has coincidence or a fluke of the undoubtedly pristine admissions process. been the creation of a massive tax collection apparatus, given the duty of We also are shocked at the flagrant waste of resources and funds by the enforcing a thoroughly complex tax code and collecting massive amounts of Administr.ation in implementing this program. There is no need for students to money. be paid $11 an hour for any job on campus, and considering that the participants Obviously, the result is imperfect, as recent Senate hearings show. Recently, did little useful work, we can't see why a minimal stipend or even no pay would the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized for abuses by agents not have sufficed. After all, almost all internships offer those options as during tax collection. The list of such abuses is extensive. With individual compensation. To spend close to $80,000 to pay 15 interns is incredibly and branches competing to collect the most inoney, the IRS's internal organization suspicously lavish. fostered a climate where abusive practices ran rampant. In order to get ever Furthermore, itis simply impermissible and irresponsible for the University more tax dollars, fierce suspicion of all potential tax debtors was combined with to waste the valuable money of donors and students in providing these the IRS's vast authority, creating a serious threat to taxpayers. programs. What kind of return is the University community receiving from The tales reported before the Senate Finance Committee were illustrative. these programs? Do these programs truly help? Since only a few programs have One woman spent 17 years trying to fIx the IRS's mistake over the identity of ever had a direct result on the University community, we must question what her husband. Another case involved a priest wrongly assessed for his mother's . exactly is going on here. We sincerely doubt that donors would be pleased to estate, to the tune of$18,000. Comments by IRS agents suggested that middl.e­ learn their money is going directly to fund any number of essentially suspect class and lower-class workers were targeted by IRS employees trying to get activities offered in Leadership 2017. more tax dollarsi since the rich have better accountants, the middle and lower For $5,280 per intern, you would think that the program would create some classes were easier to squeeze. All in all, this month has been one of the worst kind of productive result. They apparently have enough time to waste so that public relations periods for the IRS ever. they can go to Cedar Point for a day, so what are they doing when they are Certainly, the actions of a few agents should not be grounds to slander the supposedly worki~g? entire IRS. The IRS fulfills its function better than similar foreign organizations, Seminars! Individual projects! Few projects affect the University as a and certainly performed admirably given hardware problems and an ever­ whole. In addition, these "seminars" appear to be thinly~disguised indoctrination more-complex tax code. The country could clearly do much worse than the courses where the Administration's goal is to have participants soak up the current IRS. their viewpoints as if they were sponges. Yet the problems posed by the recent IRS scandal are serious, and demand It is obvious enough why the participants were involved with the program: solutions. The best solution would be to enact a siinpler tax code. While a they were given a great deal of money to participate in a cushy internship simpler tax code would not cure the problem of agents pursuing the lower program. But the participants themselves are suspect. They convieniently classes, it would make it easier for individuals to file their returns without filing represent leaders from a wide range of influential student organizations. They errors which confuse the system. By eliminating various "corporate welfare" convieniently are handpicked by 2017 alumni and administrative personnel to loopholes which favor the rich, it would.also make standardized enforcement of attend. The program is virtually unannounced, with applications in out-of-the­ the tax code easier. way and inconspicuous locations, further ensuring that few, if any, even know Not only would this path be effective at lessening the IRS's problems, but about the program's existence. And then these students, in the summer, it would also be politically popular. The issues ofIRS security notwithstanding, participate in programs that are of great interest to the Administration, even a simpler, fairer tax code has a resonating appeal to much of the American going so far as to have dinner at the home of the VP for Student Affairs. public. While a flat tax may not be possible for some time, there is certainly All of these factors make us very concerned about who is being selected, why public demand to reduce the massive complexity found in the tax code. If they are being selected, and ifthey are more disposed to favor the Administration politicians could overcome their twin habits of complicating the tax code and after attending. The conflict of interest that is present for student leaders is subsidizing large corporations, perhaps then the IRS could better fulfill its simply too great to outweigh any benefits of attanding;2017. 1\R.' ; : .. , , . . essentlalrol'eiin' the{Ameriean'.gov:ernment. Mt . , . .-: Mq.t(Buckley

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Student Mis-Governme'ntand• ;%

BY BENJAMIN KEpPLE This naturally causes one to won- Office. MSA needs to show that it actu­ der if anyone actually takes a man These are not the marks of a good ally has financial sensibility. The X-MICHIGAN STUDENT named Butch Oxendine seriously. But Presidency. In fact, nine times out of members need to show that they are Assembly (MSA) President apparently Butch thinks so highly of ten, Fiona was criticized inst~d of aware of the needs of their constitu­ E Fiona Rose can best be de- The University of Michigan that "a applauded when it came to her ac- ents, and work to solve their prob­ scribed as Michigan's version ofKathie big school like yours should be in a tionsorthoseofher"administration." lems. We don't care about your trips Lee Gifford. After all, she's perky! book like this," and thinks so highly of And this is agood MSAPresident? My to Washington or your meetings with She's cheerful! She's annoying, and Rose as to proclaim that "CRose) is an God, I'd hate to see what a bad MSA the President; we aren't amused by she won't go away! And for her latest atypical MSA leader." (Daily, 9/25/ President would be like. your cordial relationship with the (dubious for some) achievement, she's 97) Let's fast forward for a minute. Administration; and we aren't pleased cheerfully penned a chapter in a vol­ Oh dear. Was Fiona "Fotomat" Current MSA President Mike "Better when you lie to us or are otherwise ume entitled So You Want To Be Presi­ Rose a great MSA President? No. A Weather Boy" Nagrant and Vice Presi- deceptive. For God's sake, DO SOME· dent, a primer for those people who hideous one? No. Below average? I dent Olga "Rasputin" Savic are doing THING to help us. We're being would actually be dumb enough to think that is a fair assessment. Rose's a great job compared to Fiona and squashed under the thumb of the pay $24.95 (yes, $24,95) for a 232- presidency was chock full of scandal, Probir. We've seen a slight absolute Administration, we have no place to page trade paperback on how to win a mishaps, and embarassments that increase in the BPC budget and a 20 park, the Code of Student Conduct is student government election. were on occasion dulled by an occa- percent cut in the Operations budget, lying in wait to oppress us, and most What I find to be deeply trouble­ sional triumph. If she were a U.S. which is a good start. They have also student groups have no money. That's some about this and similar episodes President CGod forbid!) she would rank kept out Cthus far) of any major scan- why we elected you people, to help us, IS that, yet again, student govern­ with Carter and Johnson. But she is dals, although I personally wonder not so that you could pad your re- ment "leaders," who on the whole do now being hailed as one of the Best whether they have any skeletons in sumes. little or nothing productive and as Student Government Presidents Ever, the closet, slowly working free under This chapter in So You Want To such seldom get anything worthwhile and this is a grave error. While Fiona tIfe pressures ofMSA leadership. Be President is Fiona's final stage of accomplished, are feted as if student did do work to secure finan<;ial aid for Now to be sure, Mike has almost selling out, really; one could get a government is actually important. students, successfully established a .,. certainly alienated his entire conser­ migraine headache and nausea read­ MSA is, at best, a virtually useless child care prog:va:iri' with student ap- '" vative constituency with his recent ing· the praise given to her by Vice conglomeration of wannabe political proval, and even met the President of comments regarding the affirmative President for Student Snppre0'50'5ion hacks, left-wing demagouges, resume the United States (Ii truly disturbing action debate. The inference he made Affairs Maureen Hartford. It makes packers, and two or three Normal precedent, but I digress), she also regarding affirmative action oppo- you wonderjust whose interests Fiona Students who constantly wonder screwed up a lot. What is beingconve- nents and that extremely offensive .' was looking out for when 'she became "What in the hell have I gotten into?" niently forgotten is that Fiona was incident on campus involving a Hillel' President, doesn't it? And this is why I have yet to see that participation in indirectly or directly responsible for: poster was completely unjustified and most people have responded to Fiona's student government requires one to • proposing and then agreeing to has rightfully angered many.con$er~ "book d~ar:wit~

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BY MAUREEN SIRHAL both herself and, on at least one in­ the killer? When do we stop making after the damage is done. Choice and stance, her child. With these facts, collective excuses and start analyz­ prevention and morality are always WOWEEKSAGO,THECAM­ stated clearly in the media coverage ing individuals' behavior? Somewhere touchy issues. The fear of appearing pus was stunned by the death of the killing, many would ask, why between the desire to displaycompas­ judgmental on an over-sensitized T of one of its students. Tamara did 3f!e remain with him? sion and sympathy for this tragedy, campus suppresses such issues, keep­ Williams was, as the papers grue­ Critics argue that domestic vio­ the sense of moral obligation is lost ing them far from our collective con­ somely reported, stabbed repeatedly lence derives from a pattern of abuse and the social criticisms are silenced science. m the back by her boyfriend, Kevin that erodes self-esteem and places its by those who believe anarchy in be­ Short term solutions only do so Nelson. And immediately after her victims in precarious positions, ren­ havior is everyone's right, despite the much. Weare certainly a long way off death, many individuals and organi­ dering them helpless to their situa­ consequences. from addressing the big picture. Be­ Zillions consoled her loved ones and tions. It is a cycle. Tamara was a But little or no attention is paid to .ing "aware" of the problem is only the offered their heartfelt sympathies. So victim: I do not dispute this. But what the prevention of these situations. No beginning. What would better suit many wanted to take initiatives to is overlooked are the factors that con­ one stands to scream "Maybe if you the problem is a deep, soul-searching honor her memory. The Michigan tributed to her death and the deaths evaluated your choices a little bit bet­ analysis of how we treat these issues Daily jumped to the task of a special of so many other women. There is a ter, none of this would have hap­ altogether. The greatest hindrance to edition entirely dedicated to the event. cycle, yes, but where does the cycle pened." Of course no one can proclaim addressing the cultural issues of choice Several st.udent leaders stepped for­ begin? One of the best preventions to this sentiment. If so, he or she would and prevention is the continued si­ ward in solidarity and organized an potentially dangerous relationships be infringing on another person's lencing of criticism of individuals' "anti-hat.e" vigil. Counselors were dis­ is the inital choice to become involved. rights. Never mind that this girl in­ behaviors. Morality may be touchy, persed into the different classes in Somewhere in the three-year re­ fringed on the right ofher child's right but it sure is necessary. And it is not which Williams was enrolled, to talk lationship of this 20-year-old woman to safety by bringing a man into her about religion, it is not about extrem­ about the recent tragedy. Even newly and 26-year-old man, there were , home who hit, and screamed, and ism: it is about practIcality. Perhaps inaugurated President Lee Bollinger choices ... a choice to leave, a choice to ~ ultimately killed. Tamara would have agreed.Ml offered his condolences and demanded become further involved. Many crit­ I am not trying to single out this a renewed effort in the funding and ics w{)uld argue that the live-in n~: one tragedy as the example for every­ Notable Quotables promotion of safety measures and ture of the r~lt{ti.onship had nothing one, nor am I claiming in the least awareness of domestic violence. to do with her death, that he wouTd that Tamara got what she deserved. 'There is no evidence that Gore kne As I stand back and observe all have killed het·-regardless, because, Please do not misinterpret my inten­ bout the reimbursement scheme. that has occurred as a result of this as so many feminists point out, do­ tion. It may be harsh to hear, but [us, he insists he didn't know th tragedy, I am left empty and angp.red. mestic violence is about power. Yet I prevention of domestic abuse starts vent was a campaign fundraiser in A..ngered by the sheer fact that this believe a key element is how they by informing women how to make' he first place. Still, an investigatio girl's death could have been avoided. obtainthatpower. These abusive men better choices. And part of making 'nto all of this could threaten one 0 Angered that university admirtistra­ often control women through sex. In­ better choices is understanding why ore's most important political as tors and student activists capitalized creasingly our culture ignores the morality is such a necessary compo­ ets, his squeaky-clean image." from the discussion of her violent ramifications of sex and sexual activ­ nent in these choices. Moral behavior ABC's Linda Douglas concluding death. The event simply added to their ity outside of a solid, committed rela­ is not something sent to punish but to eptember 4 World News Tonigh self-aggrandizement and the notion tionship. Perhaps in a different soci­ protect people. Perhaps I generalize tory on the Buddhist temple event. oftheir huge contributions t.o the cam­ ety -one that instilled the message too much. I ask you, could this have pus community in the wake of such of circumspection with regard to fe­ been prevented? We'll never know. "What we've done is, we've got a fac tragedy. And further angered that male behavior - we would not have Yet there are hundreds of women on n a corrupt system and we're doubt after all the hoopla is over, we'll be left so many of these incidents. Women campus who continually choose to put 'ng the probity- who would ever hav \vith little in ihe way of serious need to understand the importance of themselves in potentially dangerous hought that you woulddoubt the pro dicussion for the prevention offuture choice; of making informed decisions situations. They intimately involve ity of Vice President Al Gore an ocCurrences of this nature. by not allowing their emotions to dic­ themselves with individuals whose hree nuns? So it seems to me you 'v The questions and dialogue that tate their sense of what is right and characters and personalities they ot to look at the system when th ~hould follow her death should not be wrong. know no better than the next-door 'ystem is corrupting people that yo concerned with her canonization. Nor There is no dialogue on this mat­ neighbor who greets them on the way ould not otherwise think. " should money be thrown at a problem ter, because Tamara made a "lifestyle" to the store. So many women make Time columnist Margaret Carlso for which so many claim to have the choice. She made an initial choice to themselves vulnerable to acquaintan­ n CNN's Capital Gang, Septembe monopoly on expertise but few have involve herselfwith a man before she ces' and in some cases, total strang­ been able to document precisely. took the time to understand his po­ ers. Domestic violence has long been a tentially harmful personality. While The dialogue surrounding the favored issue of politicians and activ­ some individuals consider this tragedy did not address these issues. "Civil rights laws were not passed t ists. It is an issue that can have no woman's tragedy a remote possiblity, The outpouring of emotion from ad­ 've civil rights protection to allAineri defenders. Who in their right mind how many other students make that ministration officials, the student mis, but just to members of certai would defend abusers of women? But same initial connection to someone government, and campus groups in­ roups." what is so often overlooked when do­ under uninformed circumstances? dicates many feel we must combat the African-American scholar Mar mestic violence flares are the precur­ But when do we stop acknowledg­ threat of domestic violence. However, ranees Berry, one of Pre sid en sors. In the case of Tamara Williams,. ing a person's right to engage in harm- . no matter how large the expenditures linton's choices to chair a commis she was intimately involved with a ful behavior and start acknowledging of SAPAC and other worthy campus ion on civil rights. man who has fathered two children the danger of the consequences from groups, the fact remains that literally out of wedlock by different women. individuals choices upon society as a . thousands of individuals make mor­ Williams lived with this man and whole? One of these consequences is a ally indefensible choices weekend af­ The Michigan Review knew of his violent tendencies, in­ little girl, Tamara's daughter, who, ter weekend, year after year. Address­ cluding fits of yelling and hitting of by no choice of her own, is left without ing a culture which increasingly aban­ Purveyors of truth, parents. (Her father was killed by dons common sense for the sake of }[cwreen Sirhal Z:s a senior lnajoring gunfire in Detroit just a short time ''having fun" in the form of ''hook­ justice, and liberty Ill. political science and English and ago.) Where is the justice for this little ups" should be of greater concern than since 1982. IS a staff writer for the Review. girl, or do we also blame the actions of piecemeal attempts to help victims October 8, 1997 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW 7 Leadership 2017 '\,

\ 1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 '" ' ~ "~': gram are minor and include mostly shackled its potential through its over­ some xeroxing costs. She also stated bearing influence. While participants that expenses are donated in that and administrators may claim there seminar facilitators devote their pre­ is no conflict of interest inherent in SUMMER 1997 sentation time for free. MLI plays a 2017, it is difficult to see how having large role in providing finances to the student leaders form, as one partici­ LEADERSHIP 2017 program through its corporate spon­ pant put it, "lasting friendships ... with . ~ sorship, while the School of Engineer­ University Employees," as well as ing and School of Business have also accepting highly paid summer intern­ PARTICIPANTS donated funds. Other expenses for ships from the administration, is con­ the program totalled $7,483, includ­ ducive towards presenting a strong, • Veronica Arriola, • Ann Kolkman ing $1,129 spent on conference meals, unified student opposition to such Michigan Leadership Institute Student Alumni Council $1 ,555 spent on Union rental and administration measures as the Code .. ,....,." food, and $2,192 spent on "general of Student Conduct. Moreover, past • Shelby Brown, • Karen Lareau supplies." For 1997, program expenses sessions show a pattern of participa­ Panhellenic Association Project SERVE totaled $86,683. Thus, two questions tion by students such as Fiona Rose remain. First, if student money is and Probir Mehta who are already • David Caroline • Probir Mehta used in funding 2017, why are stu­ friendly to the administration's lib­ Hillel Mortar Board dents not given more input in its de..;. eral world view. In these circum­ sign? Second, if expenses are covered stances, 2017 has little chance at pro­ • Sudhakar Cherukuri • Michael Nagrant solely by private contributors, are they viding the University community with United Asian American Michigan Student Assembly aware of how their money is being the progress it could. While some par­ . Organization. spent? Indeed, this matter warrants ticipants such as Anthony Scaglione ~ • Lauren Shubow further investigation. have done campus a great service • Cory Fryling LS&A Student Goverment In general, Leadership 2017 through their participation in 2017, Queer Unity Project should stir concern within the Uni­ the program conlWmes considerable • Kenneth Tanner versity community. While the pro­ resources for questionable ends that " • Lyell Haynes Inter-Fraternity Council gram certainly has virtuous goals that might otherwise b~.hetter allocated. University Activities Center could positively and significantly af­ A review of 2017 is long overdue at • Tim Wright fect campus, the administration has Michigan.m Residence Halls Association r-Does your Studertt Group tteedmoney?'" .. . I The budget allocation process has begun. Pick up an I application at the LS&A Student Government Office at 4152 Michigan Union. Want to be more involved? LS&A Student Government is now appointing students to these positions:

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BY C.J. CARNACCHIO shape. leave behind a scarred and barren ronmental movement has been the Carbon dioxide is actually a .mi­ wasteland. It is usually done in a property rights of American citizens. HEN I TOLD A FRIEND nor greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide, checkerboard manner leaving behind The greatest benefactor has been the that I was writing a column methane, hydrocarbons, and aerosol large areas offore st. The areas where Leviathan State. What better way to W attacking the environmen­ only account for two percent of green­ cutting occurs are then replanted. control someone's property than to tal movement, so.e immediately re­ house warming. The main greenhouse Trees are a valuable commodity, and subordinate one's private property plied, "How can you be against the gas which accounts for the other 98 companies have an incentive not to rights to environmental concerns. environment?" I am not against the percent is w~ter vapor. So carbon overcut them. Today, many compa- Under the guise of "defending the environment. I am against the envi­ dioxide's effect is ultimately insignifi­ nies are planting millions of trees on environment," the imperial Congress ronmental movement: a movement cant, no matter how much industry their own land and carefully harvest- has been able to enact laws wQ.ich rooted in a Chicken Little ideology of has created. ing them. allow government officials to confis- scare tactics, lies, pseudo-science, and Myth #2: The Hole in the Ozone Even the U.S. Forest Service ad- cate private property, levy fmes for a flagrant disregard for individual Layer: Contrary to the environmen­ mits that, "Drastic as it may seem, noncompliance of up to $25,000 a day, liberties and private property rights. talists' claims, there is no permanent clear cutting plays a legitimate and prevent owners from using their land, Let's debunk some oftheis movement's hole in the ozone layer and no ozone prominent role in scientific forestry. and even jail a land owner who uses myths and examine the true roots of shortage. Ozone is constantly created Properly done, it paves the way for a his land for any purpose other than the Greens' ideology and agenda. and destroyed. The interaction of ul­ new, unencumbered and hence vigor- that which the government has dic- Myth #1: Global Warming: De­ traviolet radiation with oxygen mol­ ously growing forest." Clear-cutting \i;lted. This is a clear and obscene spite the rantings of the apocalyptic ecules is what produces ozone. In the was even practiced by the Indians, violation of the Fifth Amendment eco-prophets, the actual temperature stratosphere, 10 to 40 kilometers who burned areas to provide a cleared which states, "No person shall ... be re.cords, taken in North America and above the earth's surface, several tons space for new growth, which was fa- deprived of life, liberty, or property, Western Europe, show no significant of ozone are produced every second. vored by animals they hunted such as without due process of law; nor shall or consistent upward trends. There The amount of ozone present at i elk and deer. private property be taken for public is, instead, a series of highs and lows. anyone time is inflUEmced by many Myth #4 Endangered Species: use without just compensation." According to the Greenhouse theory, factors. For example, the amount of Environmentalists claim that five The ideology of the Greens has the increase in carbon dioxide emis­ ultravioletrtdiation reaching the species go extinct every day, but the roots in both fascism and Marxism. sions since the beginning of the In­ stratosphere (and ultimately produc­ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports The Nazis were naturists and have dustrial Age should have increased ing ozone) depends upon latitude, so­ that five species, subspecies, and va- been described as "the first radical average temperatures by two to four lar cycle, and season. Concentrations rieties of plants and animals have environmentalists in charge of a oPPTees Celsius over the last 100 of ozone may differ drastically from gone extinct every three and three-,··'" state." As political writer David years. In reality, temperatures have one day to the next, sometimes by as quarters years since 1620. The fact is Horowitz wrote, "The enthronement. only increased a paltry 0.5 degrees much as 50 percent, depending on the that most animals and plants go ex- of biological imperatives, of the vir- Celsius. weather. Ozone holes are natural re­ tinct from natural causes such as cli- tues of blood and soil and the primi- In fact, between the 1940s and actions to these ultraviolet light varia­ matic changes, food shortages, dis- tive communities ofthe Yolk, the pa- the mid-1970s temperatures were tions. Ozone levels can also be af­ ease, and competition with more domi- gan rejection of the Judaeo-Chris- steadily declining. This led environ­ fected by the amount of volcanic mat­ nant species. It's called survival ofthe tian God, and the radical anti-hu- mentalists in the 1970s to predict ter in the stratosphere. Each volcanic fittest. Some animals are meant to go manism featured in the philosophy of global cooling and the coming ofa new eruption emits roughly a thousand extinct and some are meant to sur- the Greens" are all derivatives of the ice age. They blamed the same indus­ times the amount of ozone-depleting vive. This is how species perpetuate Nazi ideology. trial economy and pollutants then for chemicals than all the CFCs man has themselves. . From Marxism, the environmen- global cooling tHat they now blame for ever produced. The Endangered Species Act of talists derived their hatred ofthe free global warming~ New ice age or melt­ The ozone hole that appeared over 1973 represents one of the most irre- market, private property, and the ing polar ice caps, the environmental­ Antarctica and caused all the panic is sponsible pieces of legislation ever upper classes. The environment has ists can't seem to make up their minds. a natural and annual phenomena. passed by Congress. The law basi- become the new weapon of choice to It seems as long as they have a crisis .The annual ozone hole was first mea­ cally gives the government the au- . attack capitalism. Dolphins and trees to fuel their agenda and keep those sured in 1956-57, long before the thority to stop extinction in all cases, have become the new proletariat. In donations rolling in, they'll preach ozone-destroying CFCs were in com­ regardless of the cost, by any means order to achieve the ecological bal- anything. mon use. The hole appears at the end necessary. Not every species can or ance the radical environmentalists As for the claim that the carbon of the dark, cold Antarctic winter, should be protected. Do we really need advocate, it would be necessary to dioxide emission levels of industry lasts about three to five weeks, and to save every allegedly endangered progressively narrow "the gap to re- are responsible for global warming, then disappears. There is no overall insect out there? Many creatures on duce the differences between the here are some facts. Both historic and or permanent depletion of the ozone the endangered species list are not Earth's wealthiest and poorest in- prehistoric levels of carbon dioxide layer. really endangered or even a scientifi- habitants" until there are "more or have shifted and changed without Myth #3: Deforestation and cally defined species at all. Yet, we less equal shares for all people." Sound human intervention. Historic in­ Clear-cutting: America's forests are spend roughly $2.6 million a year for familiar, comrade? How ironic that it creases in carbon dioxide have oc­ not vanishing. There are 730 million each creature on the list. was the totalitarian regimes of East- curred about the same time as tem­ acres of forest land in the United The environmentalists use their ern Europe and the Soviet Union that perature increases, but a careful study States today. The growth on those doomsday predictions as a form of had the most horrendous environmen- ofthe data shows the rise in tempera­ acres is extremely dense, with a total political blackmail. They create these tal conditions on Earth. ture preceded the increase in carbon of 230 billion trees (that's 900·trees eco-bogeymen, hold them over people, Paul Watson, co-founder of the dioxide, not the reverse. In the pre­ for each American). When the pil­ and then preach the coming of the eco-terrorist group Greenpeace, historic era, carbon dioxide levels were grims landed at Plymouth Rock, 45 apocalypse unless their demands are summed up the true face of the envi- at times ten times what they are to­ percent of what is now the 48 contigu­ met. Environmentalists see them- ronmental movement when he said, day, and that was during a period ous United States was covered by selves as the Earth's new vanguard "It doesn't matter what's true; it only when life was evolving and taking mature forest land. Today, 32 percent class, uniquely capable of seeing the matters what·people believe is true ... is still covered by forest, two-thirds of impending doom while the rest of You are what the media define you to C. J. Carnacchio is a staff writer for the total before the pilgrims arrived. humanity remains blind to the dan- be. [Greenpeace] became a myth and the Review, which is printed on paper Contrary to environmentalist ger. a myth-generating machine." Amen. made from virgin rainforest wood. propaganda, clear-cutting does not The greatest casualty oithe envi- l\R ;; t< A ',j October 8, 1997 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW 9 o CAMPUS AFFAIRS Don't Under:e.stimate Babbitt

BY MATTHEW BUCKLEY not going far enough to protect natu- one name on the short list who were not a particularly important electoral ral resources, he is largely seen as a said to have received serious consid- state, Babbitt's victories in one ofthe ITH VICE-PRESIDENT serious, earnest protector of environ- eration from the President. Though nation's most conservative states sug­ Al Gore still reeling from mental concerns. White House leaks led many to see gest a political wiliness that could W recent campaign finance His impact as Interior Secretary Babbitt as a shoe-in, Clinton later prove formidable in the primaries. woes, and liberals like Rep. Dick has been broad. In addition to push- relented and chose current Justice A vocal proponent of the environ­ Gephardt potentially too liberal to get ing for more stringent clean-air provi- Steven Breyer for the slot. The Econo- ment, vaulting from statewide office elected, are there any potentially in­ sions, Babbitt was also very active in mist reported that opposition from in a conservative state to a position of teresting Democrats ready to join the negotiating the infamous forestry pro- Western senators unnerved Clinton national prominence, Babbitt in many fray in 2000? A potential entrant is visions regarding the spotted owL enough to pass over Babbitt. ways parallels Gore. When conserva­ Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who Vis~ble as a protector of endangered Yet this analysis perhaps under- tives argue that Babbitt is "too left" to recently visited the University to species, Babbitt also has environmen- estimates Babbitt's formidable politi- be a factor, they forget that leftism on speak about the threat ofglobal warm­ tal credentials from his past as the ex- cal advantages. As Secretary of the environmentalism has not cost Gore. ing. president of the League ofConserva- Interior, Babbitt has been making Gore's strident environmental tome, Babbitt was featured at the School tion Voters. rounds in areas around the nation. Earth in the Balance, may have raised of Natural Resources and the Detractors note that his environ- He already has some name recogni- some eyebrows, but it has not seemed Environment's symposium on eCosys­ mental stance could be a trouble spot, tion Jrom his 1988 presidential run. to cost him any votes. Why Babbitt tem management on Sept. 23. His notably his stand on government land- Although Babbitt did not fare well in will automatically lose votes as an speech was part of an Clinton admin­ use policy. The use of government- the 1988 Democratic primaries, he environmentalist is unclear. istration effort to rally support for the owned tracts of land by businesses did come away with kudos for being Conservatives may not be taking development of a treaty which aims and individuals is a political quag- honest about tough issues. Talking the possibility seriously,but a Bab­ to limit greenhouse gas emissions. mire. Babbitt, under pressure from about raising taxes may have been bitt run deserves some speculation. A It would be tough to pick a more environmental gr,oups, has angered aJathema to his 1988 run, they bol- principled, articulate Democrat run­ knowledgeable point man for envi­ many businessmen out West by work- stered his credibility and his reputa- ning under a strong economy is some­ ronmental issues. Since being selected ing to limit such ~. --7 tion for honesty. one to take seriously. While he may as the Secretary of the Interior in Suchactiol}8'navealreadybitBab- "" Babbitt also has a not-insignifi- lack the 'fund-raising potential of a 1992, Babbitt has been instrumental bitt before. In 1994, the resignation of cant geographic advantage. Babbitt Gore or have the strident rhetoric ofa . in a vast array of environmental leg­ the Supreme Coutt Justice Harry served in elected office twice in. the Gephardt, Babbitt has the potential

islation. While he has earned some Blackmun left a high court opening 7 state of Arizona, asattoroey general to be a serious focal point in the up­ criticism from environmentalists for for President Clinton. Babbitt was and as governor. Though Arizona is .. coriling Democratic primaries. l'tR SUBSCRIBE TO THE LSAReady.to Fund MICHIGAN REVIEW! BT BENJAMIN KEPPLE of new leaders on campus, running Keep informed of campus happenings! different clubs and organizations, and HE RELOCATION OF THE these leaders might not be familiar Find out what r~ally goes on at U-M! College of Literature, Science with the budget process," said Zhao. T and the Arts' Student Govern­ Applications for the $11,300 SUp'port intelligent and witty ment (LSA-SG) office may be a factor remaining to be distributed to stu­ conservative thought! in a decline in student group applica­ dent groups on campus this term are tions for available funding from the located on the door ofLSA-SG's Michi­ Your contribution is tax-deductible! LSA-SG's Budget Committee. gan Union office. Student groups can apply once per semester at any time, ~------"The main reason I can think of YES! I WANT TO SUBSCRIBE! for the slow start is that most student and interviews with the Budget Com­ groups don't know where our new mittee are conducted weekly, after For a donation of $25 or more, you will receive a full year of office is located. Our old office during the regular LSA-SG meeting every The Review, allowing you to keep on top of what's been the fourth floor renovation [of the Tuesday night. In order. for one be happening at the University of Michigan campus. Michigan Union] last year was located interviewed by the Budget Commit­ in the back of the MSA office." said tee, an applicant must fill out their NAME: Gary Zhao, Chair of the LSA-SG application and sign up for a time Budger Committee. slot, which can be done at the LSA-SG ADDRESS: Now'that the renovation of the office. Michigan Union's 4th floor has been If any student leader has ques­ CITY: completed, the LSA-SG offices have tions regarding LSA-SG funding of STATE: moved to room 4152 on the fourth student groups, they can contact LSA­ ZIP: floor of the Michigan Union. SG's Budget Chair, Gary Zhao, at "When an applicant came into [email protected]. l'tR Send check or money (no cash, for your own safety) to: the MSA office asking for funding The Michigan Review forms, they could get one from us too. Publisher MSA forms and LSAforms used to be 911 N. University, Suite One together." said Zhao. "Now that our Ann Arbor, MI 48109 office has moved to 4152 {in the Michi­ Join the gan Union}, so have the forms." Review! Subscriptions to The Michigan Review are tax-deductible under Section 501 (c)(3) of the In addition to the move, Zhao also Internal Revenue Code. The Review is a nonprofit agency. Subscriptions over $75 per noted other possible factors in the annum are mailed via fl1'8t class mail. decline of applicatiOA& .. "I alJlo think that there is a,wave 10 THE MICHIGAN REVIEW October 8, 1997 o SPORTS A-Hunting U -M Goes • j~.,. l"

BY ROB WOOD

HE PAST FEW YEARS, IT seems as though the Michi­ T gan football team has been missing something. It is something that has many names. Some refer to it as a hunger to succeed, or thirst for bl oo d or victory. All these words boil down to one concept, however: ag­ gression. Pure and simple, testoster­ one-driven, physical and emotional meanness is what has been missing. For the first three games of this sea­ son, with the exception of a few plays against rival Notre Dame, that previ­ ously mi ssing characteristic has re­ turned to our maize and blue, grid­ iron warriors. The hunt is on for the Roses, and while it is a bit early to make assumptions, the Michigan Wolverines appear to be packing some very good clippers. The first game of the '97 -'98 season brought a highly ranked (some might say highly overrated) Colorado Buf­ falo squad into Ann Arbor for a high noon showdown with the number 14 Wolverines. The Buffs had become something of a rival to Michigan over the past three years due to a few close Close, but ... : this Anthony Thomas touchdown against Colorado was called back for holding. games, of which, one had been won by each team. Neither are worth remem­ Colorado, the week before. AE the game was disappointing. The first long conference stretch that Michi­ bering anymore, though, due to the final score of 38-3 indicated however, quarter saw the Irish go ahead 7-0. gan has this season. The Hawkeyes 37 - 3 dismantling of Colorado by the this was not to happen. Michigan The second saw them taking a 14-7 will provide a challenge, but nothing Wolverines. Michigan employed an ended up out-lasting, out-playing, and lead into halftime. The fourth saw a compared to what is s on tap for the effective, driven, methodical offense, just plain out-muscling Baylor's of­ sloppy Michigan offense almost give Wolverines the next weekend. and an evil, aggressive, bone-crush­ fensive and defensive lilies through­ the game away to Notre Dame. It was Saturday, October 25th, is the in­ ing defense to success. Colorado quar­ out the game, as evidenced by the only through a series of gut-checks on state Day of Reckoning. MSU has a terback Jim Hesseler misfired all day difference in total yards between the the part of Michigan's defense that dYRamic and talented coach in Nick and his team's running game just teams. Michigan had 507 yards, while the Wolverines were able to hold back Saban. The Spartans could conceiv­ couldn't get throlilgh the Wolverines' Baylor advanced only 150. Michigan the Irish for the win. Granted, this ably be a top ten team by the time the maize and blue wall of hurt, as the also got 32 first downs, as opposed to was a huge rivalry game, based on Maize and Blue trek over to East Buffaloes never even came close to Baylor's nine. decades of ill feelings between the Lansing fo ~ ' t~is long-awaited, evenly Michigan's level of play. Asked about the Michigan squad, two teams, but Michigan needs to matched contest. After that, the road Colorado Coach Rick Neuheisel Baylor coach Dave Roberts replied, eliminate those turnovers (three, on doesn't exactly get any easier for said in explanation, 'We got our tails "They are a great football team. They three straight possessions, in their Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin whipped. They played well on both really beat us up on the line of scrim­ own territory, late in the fourth quar­ loom on the horizon, with both teams sides of the ball. I thought our defense mage. You have to give them credit ter) to get to Pasadena,. salivating at the prospect of playing hungin there but you can not turn the for playing this game this well be­ At press time, the Indiana game is spoiler to a Wolverine dream season. ball over the numbe~ of times we did tween Colorado and Notre Dame. being decided, but there are more There are two other, much larger and have success against a ball con­ That's what good football teams do." games to the Wolverines' season af­ worries on the mind of head coach trol team as talented as Michigan. It's That brings us to the team to which ter that one (which at worst, could be Lloyd Carr, though. They go by the not a mystery why the outcome was Coach Roberts had hoped we were close, but no real challenge if Michi­ - names of Nittany Lion and Buckeye. the way it was. I am disappointed looking in neglect of his Bears, the gan plays at the level of which they're Penn State is #1 or #2 every week for with the way we played ... " Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Notre capable). a reason. Curtis Enis is one gun on a The next weekend brought another Dame had been struggling since the Next up is Northwestern, here in battleship for this poll heavyweight. Big 12 Conference team into Michi­ beginning of the season to get their Ann Arbor. Revenge for the last two Ohio State is always the biggest gan Stadium to square off against the engine started. A loss to a third Big humiliating years should provide ad­ game of the year for the Wolverines. now-eighth ranked Wolverines. While Ten team (Purdue and Michigan State eqvate motivation for the Wolverines To expect this year to be any different Baylor has been a perennial cellar having already thrashed them) this to slice the Wildcats apart. With the is ludicrous. OSU may have lost to dweller over the last few decades, season wouldn't have exactly given loss of Pat Fitzgerald and Darnell Michigan the last two years, but that they put up a respectable performance the ND fans a reason to warmly wel­ Autry, Northwestern has lost a good kind of thing has a tendency to moti- · against the Maize and Blue ... for come their team's new head coach, part of their Big Ten Championship vate. These last two opponents repre­ about five minutes, or so. For the offensive coordinator, and defensive formula. sent the obstacles that Michigan will week leading up to the match-up, the coordinator, Bob Davie, Jim Collettp, The next weekend will again see be working all season to overcome. media had been predicting a decrease and Greg Mattison, respectively. the Wolverines playing at home, but The Apocalypse cometh, and through in the intensity of the Michigan jug­ While the Wolverines looked good this time against the Iowa Hawkeyes. this gauntlet lies a Rose-filled para- gernaut which had plowed through in the third quarter, the rest of the This may be the first true. tesLoLa . dise:. m " '" . ' .

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BY ROB WOOD next year. Are you there? thrown out of games, either at ... everybody goes, 'One ... two ... three ... ,' S: If I'm still in school, I'm there. Crisler or the Stadium? and I jump over, and the cops came HAT'SRIGHT!THEMICHI­ Actually, if I'm out of school, I might S: The only place I've ever gotten after me. One grabbed my cape, and gan Review brings you, the be there, too ... If, for some reason, I'm thrown out of, was the Stadium. I got the cape tore off, sol was able to keep T Michigan faithful, an inter­ gonna ever have to need another cos­ thrown out for standing on the wall, going, and I knew they had me, so 1 view with that masked marvel: the tume, I 'm going to design, like, two or three years ago, and that's about grabbed one cop and I pulled him into maize-and-blue blooded, Wave start­ three. Like, one for cold weather and it...When we kinda started the whole two others, you know, so everybody ing, cow-bell-ringing, megaphone­ one for hot weather, because... [at] thing, DPS and the ushers used to else behind me could make it through, wielding, "Hail-to-the-Victors" sing­ the Colorado game, and then the Vir­ give us hell all the time, and now it's and everybody was still just up in the ing, Superfan. You have all seen him ginia game, two years ago, I almost like I'm really close with them. One of stands, just...like they were about to at all the football and basketball passed out a couple oftimes. Purdue, the DPS guys asked for an jump off, but just stopped. So I just games, and if you know what he looks a couple of years ago: it's raining and autographed picture ... I really like the started dying, laughing. So I get a like without his costume, at the hockey then it's freezing and then it's snow­ DPS officers and ushers and misdemeanor, which is about 50 games, too. He's got the spirit to rally ing... A coat just doesn't go right with stuff... The guy 1 usually talk with at bucks. Hell, I'd do it again. the entire student section and the the outfit. Crisler is because I'm in the aisle, or love to keep doing it year after year. this and that... I actually got a Big Now, I don't think I ought to His name is Jeff Holzhausen, MR: I'm a little unsure about Ten reprimand during the basketball reveal what he has planned for the and he's been around for longer than the Wave. Did it start here? season for ringing my cow bell, and 'MichiganlOSU game this year, if it even 1 can remember in myoId age. S: It got bighere ... When I came in that's why they don't want me ringing comes' down to Michigan and Ohio as a freshman, nobody did the wave. [it]. .. So I started using my mega- State for theRose Bowl, but. needless REVIEW: How long have you Nobody had a cow bell. Now, there's, phone more, and ... the ushers made to say, he'll get a standing ovation. been doing this? You're a grad stu­ like four or five cow bells all around me stop doingthat... Technically. stu- dent? , the student section ... I've seen three ddnts can't have noise-makers, but all MR: Any predictions for this SUPERFAN: Right. different groups start the wave, this the other ~tadiums do it .. , They told year? year. Hopefully, when 1 leave, there'll ., me r had to stop using my mega­ S: ... Ifwe play focused, ... like we MR: School of Public Health? still be people clom'i it, though ... Most * phone, or they were g()ing to give the did against COlorado,:we'U beat any S: Right, let me see. I came ofthe people I go out with, ifit's a first team a technicaL .. team in the COl,Jlltry ... It'll be a com" here .. .'92 was my first year, and by date kind'a' thing, >.:.most people ex­ plete travesty if we go through the the end of that season, I was wearing pect me to be crazy and Wild all the I think it's time to let those Big Ten· entire season undefeated, which I a flag around my neck, like a cape ... and time, and when I'm by myself, I'm a refs and officials know who's in charge think we can, and they don't give us by '93, 1 didn't have my whole outfit. pretty quiet guy. around here. As a Michigan student, 1 .. ' the National Championship ... I hate The cheerleaders gave me a mega­ say it's the Superfan. Fellow Wolver­ to say we need a tournament, but we phone ... M& Havey-ouever b~en·o~t iMsi. t4ei;tiT(l,(?~metqRf?~fl!t ~g~~. .4eti~tely needs~wething \yh~re. the on a date with somebody who thing imporla~t, for a change. Ifany- rihkirigsgo8.ctO:tdUlg to· W'ho'you;rG" That's only fair. The Superfan didn't know you were the one wants to sign my petition to the played. . leads about as many cheers as the Superfan? Big Ten, you can find me on North actual cheerleaders do. That says a lot S: I'm sure I have. I mean, I've Campus ... MR: The last time Michigan more good about Mr. Holzhausen than gone out on dates with people who've won a National Championship anything bad the cheerleaders, though. found out later that it was me. Some- MR: I've only been here since was 1948. He grew up, and sti:lllives in, the Ann times, it's kinda funny ... I'll be at a '94. Have you ever seen the crowd S: 50-year anniversary. That's why I think we're going to win it. I Arbor / Detroit area~ His first maize­ party or at a bar and... when every- at the Stadium rush the field? and-blue experience came as a baby body was graduating, I had people S: It's really funny. Before they think we've got the mojo." Wolverine, when his parents treated buying me drinks and coming up and lowered the fIeld, you know, before him to that year's Michigan / Ohio shaking my hand ,and saying how they took out the artificial turf, MR: Are you there? State football game. If that's not the much they appreciate it, and that everybody'd rush the fIeld. Ifwe won, S: Oh, God. I don't care if I gotta perfect way to start out your life, what kind of thing. And when it's students, everybody'd rush the fIeld. That's just walk. I'll be there. I'll is? it means something... I don't know; the way it was ... Whenever I'd sit in Since that fateful day, he's gone on the whole thing's just kinda weird. my regular season seats, I'd rush the Sports. to become a student at the school he I'll let you in on a little secret: r field all the time, after the games... grew up and fell in love with, as many don't drink. We used to go out on the fIeld an hour Music. ofus have over the years, U -M. When and a half after the games and play Jeff was a kid, Bo Schembechler was MR: Really? football, growing up. Film. his idol. As he grew up, and became a S: There's no reason I don't. Ijust After the Virginia game [in student at Michigan, he got to know never started. I had my fIrst drink 1995] ... Ijumped out on the fIeld, ... and Books. Bo personally. At 23, he is serving his three weeks ago, at a wedding, ... a when I was coming into the stadium next-to-last year as our resident Long Island [Iced TeaJ. for the next game - I don't remember Culture. Superfan. You still have this season who the game was against - DPS got and the next ta cheer and sing "The Now, along with the rest of me as I was coming in the gate ofthe I t may not be headline Victors" along with him though, so you, I had to pause a moment, here. Stadium and they [told me] 'Listen, I enjoy it while you can. The Superfan, the guy who everyone know you ran out on the field with news, but it is your life. generally expects to be voted "Most Virginia, and ifyou do it again, you're You're doing it anyway, Superfan: It looks like I'm going Out ofhis Gourd" upon graduation, is out! We'll take your tickets ... to every game this year, and 1 went to as dry as a preacher on Sunday, or as When we beat Ohio State, back in so why not write about it every game two years ago. Of all the case may be, football Saturday. '95, it was when everybody was gradu­ for the Review? games, 1 didn't go to Colorado last Well, break my leg and call me Gimpy ... ating. It's when I thought I was gradu­ year. I had a wedding, so I didn't go, ... ating. And everybody's like, 'All right, Our staff meetings are in the third but hell, 1 skipped my uncle's wedding MR: Some of the security guys we'r..e rushing the fIeld. No matter floor of the Michigan League, ev­ for a home game. get a little upset with you some­ what happens, we're rushing the ery Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. MR: I think we play Hawaii. tim.es... Have you. ever gotten, fIelp".,.~.the.gam~ y/,a/5,al:wost oyt;r"

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,r Mark Leyner's Quirky World BY KRISTINA CURKOVIC view, all in one very funny package. Yet, these faults Set during some obscure, imagined ~ .~~ create the book's best F YOU'VE NEVER ENCOUN­ r t '\ \ humor, usually based period, it's the story of Mark, a preco­ ! ... tered Mark Leyner's writing, cious, well-read and horny little sev­ ... on the fantastic combi­ I you might suffer a little bit of a enth grader who, to demonstrate his nation of inconsistent shock, perhaps encounter a bit of con­ odd character, is, at the beginning of images; for instance, .. • lI/! fusion , and ,,, ••c .,,j,aSU'CiS _U I the novel, on the phone with his agent one character, in de­ ce rtainly en­ during his father's execution by le­ scribing the evolution joy quite a few thal injection. Mark is just about the : WIt·. ',.lJ I of the fitness video, laughs during weirdest adolescent hero you'll ever ~,.~ uses phrases like "rich­ your reading. encounter in li.terature. Tom Sawyer ., ----.' .... ~ ,'" ness and complexity," To put it one and "abject fear of mor­ and Huck Finn can't hold a candle to ii:~": " -:-.,tU?i:,.- 3A*"!rt' .,.., way, Leyner this kid; Ferris Beuller would fear 1iiIiMIii~~~- .. ·- .. as tality" which simply co uld hon­ him. Mark is a writer, philosopher, Leyner in repose. should not be used in estly be called art lover and, above all, tetherball conjunction with "ex- a very player. thing, from government and schools ercise video." But Leyner does it any- " unique " The beginning of the book sets the to music and movies. The result is way, and this, combined with the im- writer. If pace for the rest of Tetherballs: after often absurd. It's easy to see Leyner age of what the Warden happens to be nothing else, L _ _ ---'...... :. ___-"--...J surviving the execution, Mark's fa­ basically depending only on the most participating in at the moment, cre- the title of this The Tetherballs ther is released from prison but finds preposterous of his thoughts as they ates a truly hilarious scenario. a nd of his of Bougainville that he's been sentenced to "New Jer­ flitted through his head and writing Nevertheless, the lack of plot and by Mark Leyner other books sey State Discretionary Execution," .~ them down in the order they appeared. constant tangential interludes keep might give Harmony Books which means that he could be on a Tangential anecdotes, inserts and in- the reader from getting involved in you a quick glimpse into Leyner's odd plane while "35,000 feet below, a New formation abound, taking us far from the story. And perhaps this is Leyner's world: his previous works include I Jersey state tJiOOper steps out of his the story - indeed, making us at goal. Why not take a'-look at a totally Smell Esther Williams ; and My car, aims agI1oulder-held antiaircn!ft _ tilnes .forget the actual story as we off-the-wall world and then consider Co usin, My Gastroenterologist. missile launcher, and blows your 727 veer toward some other end ofLeyner's those absurdities in our own world The Tetherballs ofBougainville is into friggin' curds and whey." , off-beat world. And even when we get that we accept without question. a variety act book, including autobi­ The book might be an exercise in back on track, we're still searching, in Leyner's is a fresh approach to life ography, screenplay, and movie re- satire, for Leyner pokes fun at every- vain, for the plot. .' .. ' ~., ~ and literature. m Band -0-rama Pleases Again BY KRISTINA CURKOVIC the innauguration of President the Marching Band. For me,. it was performance of some of their louder Bollinger, a short, unexciting piece the first time that I'd witnessed Band­ songs. Perhaps it's a fallacy to say AST SATURDAY, A FULL­ that lacked any UM spirit. Bryan o-rama from the crowd's side; for the "some of their louder songs," when, house crowd filled Hill Audi- Kennedy, professor ofthe French horn past three years, I'd performed with really, all of their songs are loud, . L torium. for the annual Band- at the School of Music, was the fea­ the Marching Band. A warning in the louder, and loudest. Whether such o-rama. Comptlsed ofmostly of proud tured soloist in "Variations on a program rather frightened me: "Due volume was necessary - I saw ears parents and frioods, and eager , noisy Tyrolean Song," a long piece that to danger resulting from structural being plugged during the hair-rais­ school kids,they come to watch two showcased Kennedy's somewhat vibration in the building, please re­ ing "Also Sprach Zarathrustra" - is fi ne ensembles - the Concert and amazing abilities. The Symphony frain from marching with the band as beside the point. What we had was a Symphony bands - but mostly, they Band's also premeired Michael it enters the auditorium. We heartily sampling of the sound that fills Michi­ co me to gape in awe at the Marching gan Stadium each Saturday after­ Ba nd , the usual highlight of each noon, all caught up in this small audi­ Band- o-rama. torium. It was riveting, ear drum­ Although the Marching Band is a popping entertainment" at its best. crowd favorite, all three bands had . The crowd loved every song, but marvelous perform'ances, each intro­ special favorites were "George of the duced by the voice of the Michigan Jungle" and the collection from Star Marching Band, Carl Grapentine. The Wars that included fun, crowd-pleas­ Concert Band had a notable perfor­ ing visuals by the quirky percussion mance of a Sousa march - the only section. My personal favorite wa:i by Sousa march that include$ a harp. It far "Malaguena." Its performance appeared that Sousa failed to vary had been prefaced for me during a from his usual theme even for the spine-tingling band practice a Friday elegant sounds of the harp, for the The Marching Band takes the stage. a few weeks ago when, amid thunder, harpist's hands amusingly bounced sideways rain, and lightning seem­ back and forth in the famili ar "oom­ Daugherty's "Niagra Falls," a spec­ endorse clapping." Here, then, was ingly cheoreographed to the music, pah" of the base line. The Concert tacular, loud work that was a visual an ensemble that had the power to the band performed this song as Band also performed a Percy Grainger as well as aural event. It was an literally bring down the house, not though the world wasn't coming down pi ece, "Walking Tune," and "Pas Re­ exciting, well-orchestrated perfor­ just through it's own will, but throught around them. That was a performance double" by Camille Saint-Saens. mance, capped by the introduction of the excitement they inspired in the like no other. The Symphony Band, conducted the composer himself. crowd that adored them. But Band-o-rama was certainly by UM's Director of Bands, H. Robert However, I must admit that~the I think the band alone could have comparable: a great cummulation of Reynolds, performed "Fanfare for a performance that everyone really caused a seismicly-detectable tremor campus talent, music and muscle, and New President," a piece wrjt,ten.£91;' s~, ~t;ne ,(1.Jo , be,. 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BY MA'ITHEW BUCKLEY complex book of the same name, Con­ later facts indicate that the events of roles ever, but since Batman that ~ays fidential is a film noir tale of corrup­ the massacre were far more complex. about zip. The role requires more than VERY ONCE IN A WHILE, A tion, lust, and money in 1950s Los A suitcase of missing heroin involves good looks. To her credit, she does get criticism of a movie seems to Angeles. While the plot is involved a whole host of gangster suspects. stuck with some ofthe movie's worst Etake a life of its own. From top and the film is well over two hours The identification of one Nite Owl lines. to bottom, critics fall in line behind a long, the movie's thrust is clear. Jack victim as a pricey call-girl leads the Like the acting, the direction is \ movie, hurling sup~rlatives as if they Vincennes, Ed Exley, and Bud White trio to a ritzy prostitution service with adequate. Hanson keeps the film are a dime a dozen. This typically has (played by Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, custom~ut girls who look like Holly­ moving, at some points almost too two explanations. First, the movie and Russell Crowe) are a trio of L.A. wood actresses. Towering in the back­ fast. Granted, the screen adaptation may actually be an incredible piece of detectives seeking the culprit of a ground, the L.A. police force reeks of cuts the Ellroy novel up a lot, but too work; recent examples of this case mifrderous rampage at the Nite Owl good old boy networks, corruption, much still goes on in this film. include films like Hoop Dreams. A coffee shop. arid a general disregard for civilliber­ So why all the acclaim? First, the second explanation is that the movie The three detectives are strik­ ties. film is relatively solid, the compli­ may not be that good, but has some ingly different, and approach the case L.A. Confidential has solid, cated plot and rushed direction mask­ feature which tends to appeal to crit­ with very different motivations. though not amazing, acting. Spacey ing some acting deficiencies. Second, ics. Forrest Gump, for instance, was a White, a hulking physical cop with turns in a nice performance as the it has loads of southern California feel-good flick with plot swings pull­ little regard for rules and procedures, slick cop who tries to make good on navel-gazing. More than a little of ing heartstrings, pulling the film to rips through the investigation to previous mistakes, and Pearce is con­ the sentiment regarding this film may Oscar-winning prominence. avenge the murder of his ex-partner, vincing as the annoyingly by-the­ come from people who enjoy the defla­ This comes up since L.A. Confi­ who had been in the Nite Owl. book detective whom everyone loves tion of 1950's L.A. dential, a new film by Curtis Hanson, Vincennes, saavy and media-hungry, to hate. James Qromwell is also no­ Finally, some believe LA. Confi­ is apparently the film of the year. hopes to catch the killer to spring­ table as a folksy police commander, dential is an intellectual, well-de­ After reading a couple of wildly posi­ board himself back into the homicide yanking a couple scenes from the signed movie, since it aims for the tive reviews, I looked at nearly twenty division after a police brutality scan­ younger actors. film noir feel of recent intelligent, more Internet reviews of this flick, all dal threatens his profitable "techni­ Not all the acting is up to Spacey successful films like The Usual Sus­ of them praising this movie as a sure­ cal advisor" role for a TV police proce­ and Cromwell's caliber. Danny DeVito pects and Pulp Fiction. However, it fire Oscar contender. I couldn't find a dural. Exley, a budding L.A. politico, goes about nine steps too far as a pulp really doesn't follow the example of negative review. The criticism ofLA. is milking the case for political gain. magazine producer who bribes those better films, which took their Confidential, then, has taken on a life The quest for the killers proves Vincennes for hot scoops. Russell time, moved slowly, and got far be­ of its own, which leads to the ques­ convoluted; a variety of subplots and Crowe plays a brooding, stiff charac­ yond their original beginnings. In­ tion, "Is it really that good?" seedy characters emerge as the three ter, but the attempts to make his stead, it rushes around for over two L.A. Confidential is not that good, detectives air out L.A.'s dirty laun­ character emotionally complex don't hours, making the pivotal mistake of which is disappointing, since it had dry. An initial search quickly leads always ring true. Kim Basinger? I confusing a busy movie with a smart potential. Based 011,.- ~mesEllroy!s the detectives to three suspects, yet suppose this may be one of her best movie.l\R 14 MICHIGAN REVIEW LIVING CULTURE October 8, 199 .'

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or e [email protected]"1""" ".- The Dambuilders Return CONTINUED from PAGE 15 BY CHRIS fLUES Gehman. They also toured on the about everything right, With Lollapalooza circuit the same year. In Masunaga back producing and U2 anticipated the start of Catherine engineer Robbie Adams mixing, the HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN 1996, they toured extensively through Wheel. Although they waited nearly albl)m is listening enjoyment, The something intriguing about Europe and Australia. forty-five minutes, the audience instruments are cleverly layered, and T the Dambuilders. Something Now the Dambuilders are back warmly welcomed Rob Dickinson (vo­ Wasser's violin is rightly downplayed, maybe not quite normal, something with their third release, Against the cals, guitar) onto the stage for the but then mixed in a way which brings not quite safe. · ~or me, that impres­ Stars. "People once believed your fate acoustic opener off of Adam and Eve. only strength to the songs,on which it sion may have 'Come when I saw the was preordained," says bassist and The rest of the band trickled in as Rob is present. Derbie's vocals shine with video for "Shrine" on 120 Minutes. I vocalist Dave Derby. "That is how we progressed in album fashion into "Fu­ mean, when a band is dressed up like got the title. It's so modern and exis­ melodic confidence and emotion, in­ ture Boy." tential if your fate says one thing and terpreting the heart of the songs and fairies and spacemen while dancing After playing the first five songs and playing their instruments in an you say 'fuck it: I'm going the other presentingthemhonestly and power­ from Adam and Eve, the seemingly open field, someone has the right to be way. I'm going against my stars." That fully. Against the Stars rings true energetic andjovial group played their a little uneasy. Or, it may have been wraps up exactly what the with the band's attitude of being origi­ token hit, "Crank." Most of the show the . opening track of their first Dambuilders have always done, push­ nal and succeeding in their experi­ consisted of new material - all but EastWest release Encendedor, when ing the envelope of alternative rock mentation, Ifthis means going against two songs off Adam and Eve were a female is screa'ming in a horror and molding it into something they fate and the stars, the Dambuilders played - yet during the generous two movie-style way over a mesmerizing think it should be. have the confidence and talent to do it hour set, favorite "Black Metallic" was Against the Stars is no exception. right.Ml. combination of drum loops, samples, played for an intense fifteen minutes, guitars, and an electric violin. You In fact, it is the perfect example. At its and the show ended with heavy rock­ pick whichever you think is more odd. best moments, the album takes rock ers "Little Muscle" and 'Way Down" Yet without this, the Dambuilders somewhere it has not gone before while The Dambuilders play the from Happy Days. may not be on the list of my favorite still keeping its feet on the ground, Catherine Wheel came to Detroit bands. Formed half in Hawaii and primarily with the influences of Eight­ 7th House in Pontiac on to show off their new material and ies new wave. "Break Up With Your October 11. half in Boston, the Dambuilders prove that, while modest in retro­ Boyfriend" fits right in - you are not achieved acclaim right away with spect to a number of over-hyped sure whether to take it seriously or Encendedorin 1994. Produced by their bands, they are without a doubt one of mock it, but at the same time you guitarist Eric Masunaga, the album today's most talented and energetic . cannot stop humming it, "Luster," in brought clever samples, drum loops, Enjoy rt'ading til(' musil' sec­ bands, whether played on a stereo or and which Wasser steps up to the micro­ Joan Wasser's original violin play­ tion'! Why not try \ ..Titing for viewed in a concert hall. l\R ing to a pop-rock base that gave the phone for a rare, yet amazingly hyp­ if! Stop by nne of OUl' wl'('kly album a quality all its own. notic and sexy number, very closely staff meetings 01' ('all IH7-H138 READ THE In 1995, the Dambuilders released resembles a number of songs by for mOl'£, info. their second album, Ruby Red, this Blondie . REviEW! time with outside producer Don . . T.p.~ , re.st.ofJh~ l!l.b).lII! Ppesj,u.st ---... ---- . -~----~-- October 8, 199 MICHIGAN REVIEW LIVING CULTURE 15 Music If You Don't Like Urban Hymns, You Have No Taste in Music

BY CHRIS HAYES coming not from loud and fast-tempo great moments, from the stripped­ loop. tunes, but a careful and always ap­ down acoustic guitarof"On Your Own" "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is fol­ INCE THE BEGINNING OF propriate layering of instruments, to the symphonic ballad "History." lowed by "Sonnet," a beautifully the Verve's creation, they with flute solos to entire brass sec­ What became more evident on A crafted cry from Ashcroft to God for S have had, above everything tions humming Ir------.....,-~~.....,_,___------__. some sign of humanity in this divine else, a pennanent spot among music over the band's being he wants to believe in. "Yes news. Never dubbed "normal," the constant rock for­ there's love uyou want it! Don't sound Verve has gone from being the talk in mat. Accompa­ like a sonnet! My Lord" brings back Europe to the talk in the United nied by the dis­ the lyrical honesty ofA Northern Soul States, to almost none at all following tinct and powerful with a melodic sense that was lost in a temporary breakup. vocalsoffrontman the Verve's previous albums. And The Verve formed in 1990 in the and primary song melody is what makes this their most small British town of Wigan. Their writer Richard accessible album yet. Song after song

ascent into semi- '-1------..., Ashcroft mixed in is full of memorable vocals and catchy stardom came The Verve a reverb fashion, guitar riffs. with the 1993 de­ Urban Hymns the album putthe The Verve has definitely marked .- but release of A Virgin Records Verve on the map themselves as a rock and roll band Storm In Heaven I I as one ofthe most with songs such as "The Rolling along with a huge buzz after their original bands in People" and "Come On" with guitar second stage appearance in the 1994 England during a The Verve ponders their latest album. riffs and bass lines no doubt influ­ Lollapalooza festival. time when Oasis enced by the likes of the Stones and The Verve's debut screamed origi­ and Blur were emerging onto the Northern Soul was Ashcroft's ability Led Zeppelin. While staying prima­ nality and perfection, which seemed scene. -W add an amazing personality to the rily with that format, Urban Hymns almost impossible for the first release 1995 brought the Verve's second songs with lyrics about love, loss, and is an obvious continuation ofthe ex­ of a band relatively new to the music album, A Northern Soul, to anxious a personal struggle with drugs, His perimentation in musical styles that scene. A Storm In Heaven's appeal listeners. The VeNe strayed from the honesty shines in lyrics such as "Give the Verve is known for. A large chunk came from its unique combination of ambiance of their first album to pro- ~ me your powder and your pills! I of the songs incorporate a string sec­ ambiance with rock and roll. What duce a more studio-style record that wanna see if they Cure my ills" and tion as a main player in the instru­ came out was an amazingly powerful was less layered and less experimen­ "Imagined the future, woke up with a mentation. Unlike many other bands, and intense album, with the intensity tal than the first. The album had its scream! I ' was buying some· feelings . the Verve has the ability to incorpo­ from a vending machine," which gave rate strings in a truly meaningful Catherine Wheel Soars W/ Album their second release a lyrical , ~rson­ manner, to the. point wher~ thesong ality that was not evident on th~r could not exist without them. . The first. However, the album lacked con­ Verve has avoided the token use of a sistency, musical honesty, and cohe­ cello and violin by writing the songs Rocks at Detroit Show sion. This was explained by the Verve's with the particular instruments in BY CHRIS HAYES quoted to the Review, " .. .draws you in breakup shortly after the album's re­ mind, and not just adding them later. and takes you all the way through." lease. Explained by Ashcroft as a break "Catching the Butterfly" brings back NGLAND, WITHOUT A Futter adds, "This is the record I am from the commercial side ofthe record the eerie and haunting guitar sound doubt, spits out rock bands as proudest of. On Happy Days, we made industry which was affecting the of A Storm in Heaven. "Velvet Morn­ E fast as BU./th can write a pa­ a few mistakes, one being the opening band's focus, it is evident that the ing" also does the same, yet retains a thetic song. Well, m.aybe not that fast. was loaded up with four big rock songs. Verve was struggling during the re­ fresh and moving tempo which keeps However, the U.S. definitely gets its A person listening to the first few cording of A Northern Soul. the album from falling into the rut of fill of rock from overseas. As banal as songs would know how the record was Last week, the band released their being the same old, same old . . some of these bands appear, there is going to be, and that was it. 'This is a long anticipated third release, Urban Urban Hymns has once again still one that is driving to be among rock and roll record and I don't need to Hymns. It is evident that the band confirmed that the Verve is one ofthe the great rock bands of the decade. listen to any more to form my opin­ has regained their focus and Ashcroft most talented bands in rock, with the Catherine Wheel has been around ion.' There were six great ambient­ his ability to write (nine of the thir­ ability to write a progressive and for six years now, getting most of style tracks after it that were com­ teen tracks are written by Ashcroft amazingly strong album while still their recognition in tl?e States. With pletely lost." alone). Urban Hymns is a beautiful maintaining the integrity that has four releases under their belts (Fer­ Futter explains the influence and progression ofthe band. The first song, gained them a large and loyal follow­ ment, Chrome, Happy Days, and B­ insight surrounding Adam and Eve. "Bitter Sweet Symphony," was writ­ ing in the States since their first al­ side release Cats and Dogs), they have "We knew we were going to take two ten by MickJagger and Keith Richards bum release and their first tour on set a standard of album greatness by years to make [Adam and Eve], so it with lyrics by Ashcroft, and is a se­ Lollapalooza. Mt producing great album after great was a good opportunity to put some­ quel to "History" , on their previous album. thing together like a B-side compila­ album. It is performed by a complete On September 21st, Catherine tion. That was an insight to the other orchestra over a mesmerizing dance Wheel came to St. Andrew's Hall in side of this band's history for the last Detroit in support of their recent LP, six years. It showed exactly what we the last two years in the area. How­ ing band, on their own terms. Adam and Eve. First off, it needs wanted Adam and Eve to be. It was a ever, their last two perfonnances were After Geneva was done with their well-cleserved praise. Adam and Eve reminder ofthe other side ofthe band under different circumstances. The highly impressive opening perfor­ is Catherine Wheel's greatest accom­ and it pointed us in the right direc­ first was for 89X's annual birthday mance (check their release out on plishment to date. Catherine Wheel tion." Pll:rty, and the latterwas as the sup­ Epic Records), the sold-out crowd wrote nearly seventy songs before Enter St. Andrew's Hall, Septem­ port act of Belly. Both shows proved choosing the thirteen that comprise ber 21. Catherine Wheel to be amazing en­ their latest album. Playing like a book Catherine Wheel is not unfamil­ tertainers, as well as talented musi­ See WHEEL on PAGE 14 that has a beginning, middle and end, iar with the Detroit area, nor is De­ cians, as their albums have proven Adam am! ?,vf! .~.~~ !lJ.??.s~~. ~s.iy.~e9,~~I- troit unfamiliar with Catherine Wheel . a1r~a,?Y ' ~?t , th~s. ~i~e , ~~e),' y;~re on .· .i ty. tl...;Jv'?'\'": -as, ..ltf/ - itiiis\. '. • . , ,· :Bftm~;...... " . . .. -' , .... r .,:. 'sh"~. ~'~ ;l';This\.. . .~ ,-~. . . :tw··~th1ti(rSh6~!\~\ ...... , .. . .i in. . their oWn tour, with their own open- ".. , ,.

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