The Big Chill: Clamping Down on "Bad" Speech by Stacey Walker Science have been instituted. Key sidered to be instances of sexual ha­ policy. The policy repeatedly advises The University of Michigan's Po­ among these was the establishment of rassment. Due to "limited financial and students and faculty to seek counseling litical Science Department recently two faculty and two graduate students human resources and because sexual advice or advisor input for witness and banned what it has defined as "sexual to serve as sexual harassmentadvisers. harassment is predominantly a form of victims of harassment The policy never harassment." Now, it would seem, men Jocelyn Sargent, one of the gradu­ sexual discrimination against women," mentions discussing a tasteless joke or who refer to women as "attractive" or ate student advisers, said that the ad­ men were not surveyed for the report. an unwanted attempt at friendliness "good-looking" might be held in vio­ visers volunteered their services. "We While the policy may seem to some with the actual perpetrator. lation of the new policy. Interestingly, the Women's Cau­ The "Department of Political Sci­ cus report contains a section asking ence Policy on Sexual Harassment," respondents to discuss what they had unanimously adopted at a faculty done in response to past incidents of meeting in late December, 1990, is , sexualharassment. Several mentioned designed to compliment the confronting their harasser, yet this is "University of Michigan Policy on not recommended in the policy as a Discrimination and Discriminatory form of resolution. Harassment by Faculty and Staff," and The policy's most difficult obstacle the similar policy for students, the "In­ are trained by counselors from Sexual quite innocuous, it could come with a will undoubtedly be avoiding the pit­ terim Policy on Discriminatory Con­ Assault Prevention and Awareness steep price. The incidents of sexual falls of the similar harassment and duct." Center (SAPAC), but we are not harassment described in the survey discrimination policies on the U-M A 'llostile climate for women counselors ourselves. Obviously, the range from such obvious violations as campus. Recall the demise of the 1989's within the department" led to the for­ department cannot supersede the directing a class to observe a student's infamous speech code. Judge Avern mation of the policy, said Chair of the University system, so we do not ad­ breasts in order to appreciate three­ Cohn, who ruled the speech code un­ Political Science Department, Profes­ minister sanctions. We are more like dimensional curves, to instances as constitutional,declared the U-M policy sor Arlene W. Saxonhouse. "We must infonnation points. If a student or fac­ simple as a woman, being described as "never articulated any principled way develop a community of trust within ulty member feels sexually harassed, cute, or being told by a professor that to distinguish (punishable) from pro­ the PoliticaJSdence Department," she we are here to discuss with them their she "looks good." tected speech." said. "If we can recognize interfering options under the University policy." An obvious problem surfaces when . Unfortunately, neither does the action and modify exclusionary lan­ The Women's Caucus of the De­ hypersensitive women cry "sexual ha­ political science policy. When con­ guage, we will achieve that purpose." partment of Political Science's report rassment" atwhatmay be nothing more fronted with this matter, Sargent re­ To enforce that language modifi­ consists of the responses of 41 of the 80 than an attempt to be friendly. plied, "Thatisa problem. Butit'sdiffi­ cation, suggestions from the Women's women faculty in the Political Science Unfortunately,these"harassment" cult to list examples of sexually harass­ Caucus of the Department of Political Department describing what they con- is likely to increase under the new ing behavior without putting some­ thing in that might not be sexually Special Privileges for Special Minorities Please seepage 10 by Jeff Muir At a recent ceremony on the Business Administration, Natural Re­ As with mostprograrns born of the INSIDE Washtenaw Community College sources, Engineering, and Architecture Affirmative Action mentality, despite - (WCC) campus, the University of and Urban Planning. talk of "building equality" and fur­ Michigan announced the"Alliance for The only requirement for thering the goals of the Michigan Minority Scholars" program. The pro­ participation in the Alliance program, Mandate, the Alliance really amounts Win$125! 7 gram will offer special services to black, other than being amemberof the proper . to giving certain students special treat­ Hispanic, and American Indian stu­ race, is a grade point average of at least ment and other benefits based not on Interview with dents, regardless of the studentsfinan­ 3.0. need or merit, but on race. This means, Raymond Tanter 8 cialneed. According to Dr. Robert Holmes, ofcourse, that the programdeniesequal Students who fall into the right the U-M's Assistant Vice President for treatment and equal educational op­ categories will receive specialized Academic Affairs, about 125 students portunity to certain students because The Myth of counseling services at both the U-M transferred to the U-M from WCC last of their race. the Biased SAT 10 and WCC, tours of the U-M campus, year, "about 20-25%/1 of whom were What if a white or Asian-American (for both the prospective students and minorities. Dr. Holmes said that student, who had achieved a 3.0 grade 1991's Best their families), and "preferred consid­ normally about 10% of the U-M's in­ point average at WCC, sought out the eration" for admission to the five par­ coming undergraduate transfer stu­ New Bands 14 ticipating schools at the U-M: LSA, dents are minorities. Please see page 11 The Michigan Review, February 1991, p. 2

THE Serpent's Tooth MICHIGAN

Does the U-M really have a Daily. Stinks to lose guaranteed m0- Saddam's violation of civilized norms, REVIEW "woMEN's STUDies departMENt?" nopoly status, Jim. We know that from barbaric terror attacks on neutral cit­ Gasp! Hop on it, feminists. Better our donut sales ... ies, and eco-war. We're listening re­ change the spelling on this one quick! ally hard. Like in the Cold War days, the 'peace community' has compro­ Recently discovered: a poster for a gay mised itself by silence in the face of Special thanks to the Wymmyn'z support group which reads ''Mon & enemy crimes, intellectually lazy The Campus Affairs StOdies Departmynt for their newest Wed, 7:30 pm, St. Jude's Church, Enter moral equivalency, and a blanket re­ Journal of the changes in renaming tea flavors. Cafe­ in Rear." Enough said. fusal to confront and resist predatory University of Michigan terias will now stock: Cinnaperson, in­ evil." How predictable. How unfortu- stead of Cinnamon; Leperson (not to nate. ' Editor-in-Chief...... Brian Jendryka be confused with the disease); and "Students who feel they've been Constant Compersont. In addition, wronged by affirmative action should Executive Editor...... Adam DeVore expect to see Non-EurOcentric First try to figure out why affirmative action We recommend that the next time Executive Editor...... Mark Tulkki Meal Tea, and, to reduceciassism, Citi­ is so important," said Director of Un­ SAUSI holds a "die-in" in the Fish­ zen Gray. dergraduate Admissions Rick Shaw in bowl, the brand new U-M police force Contributing Editor...... Clifton Gault a recent Daily article. We at the Review stop by and visit. Contributing Editor...... Jeff Muir would like to ask students who have Latest U-M conspiracy theory: ''Envi­ benefitted from affirmative action to Publisher...... Carey Brian Meadors try to figure out why it is so wrong. ronmental Racism." As the theory has Hoping to capitalize on the recent Business Manager...... Mark O. Stem it, yet another manifestation of racism spew of poetic genius in the Daily's Business Manager...... Stacey Walker is revealed by large companies' habit letters to the editor section, the Review of dumping toxic waste in areas where i\TTENTION TENANTS: Look under has decided to enter to fray of creative Assistant Editor...... Rahul Banta minorities are the majority. Of course, the heading ''Discrimination'' in the lyricism. To the words of that immor­ Assistant Editor...... DavidJ. Powell this has nothing to do with land val­ Landlord's Advocates section of your tal John Lenin song, "Give Peace a ues. Besides, everyone knows that the "Rights and Duties of Tenants" book­ Chance": Copy Editor...... Dala Taylor Tri-Lateral Commission is behind it let. Any idea why the sole remark is All we are saying, Music: Editor...... Chris Peters all. "See the white section"? Is kick Hussein's ass MTS Editor...... Joseph Klein Francophile...... Karen Brinkman

After many years of pseudo-socialist Inspired by ACT-UP and BAM, we at HEY STUDENTS!! Is your course load Staff stupidity,the Central Cafeteria Steer­ the Review want our own personal too light? If so, the Saline Area Schools Mike Beidler, David Boettger, Mister ingCommittee finally decided to make criterion added to the regental anti­ Community Education Department Boffo, Jim Bominski, Joe Coletti, the prohibitively expensive Validine discrimination by-laws, specifically has announced a ''Basket Workshop ... Brian Cook, Pete Daugavietis, meal card machines available at more that the U-M shall not discriminate just in time to decorate for the Spring Vincent DeSantis, Mark Dundon, Mary Dzon, Athena Foley, Adam reasonable prices. Of course, restuar­ based on someone's desire to say what Season." And, if that's not gruelling Garagiola, Reg Goeke, John Gnodtke, ants in the Union have been scram­ he believes, no matter what words enough, there is also a ''Fabric Bunny" Karl IIg, Corey Hill, Jon Hoekstra, bling to install the machines; both the they use to say it. Perhaps if we whine, workshop. ''You will be making a Nicholas Hoffman, Kishore Jay­ restaurants and the students are de­ pout, and build shanties, we will be Floppy Ear Stuffed Easter Bunny abalan, Heather Johnston, Shannon lighted. But Jim ~oli, stipervisOr or placated. dressed with lace and ribbon, flowered Luttermoser, Jay McNeill, Crusty South Quad's snack bar,lamented the head wreath with satin roses." Inter­ Muncher, Megan Nelles, Greg Roth, reform. ''I don't feel that the full busi­ ested? Contact (313) 429-9016. Michael Skinner, Chris Terry, Doug ness ramifications of this decision was From the Ann Arbor Metro Times, Jan Thiese, John Transue, Al Tulkki, thought through as how it would af­ 31-Feb 5,1991, p.4: "SAUSI, the larg­ Anthony Woodlief. " fect the other cash operations such as est coalition at U-M, with general The East Quad Forum for Understand­ snack bars," he reportedly told the meetings that (iraw as many as 300 ing says that racism, "when it spreads Editor-at-Large ___...... John J. Miller students, includes anti-racism, anti­ itself in the name of education ... or of semitism, and anti-militarism in its reason ... it is institutionalized." Finally, Editor Emeritus._uo .. uo .. Marc Selinger statement of principles." Perhaps a the left on this campus is starting to merger with the Palestine Solidarity make sense! This is obviously an assault Free The Michigan Rerliew is an independent, Committee is in order. on the Affirmative Action Office. This non-profit, student-run journal at the institution has long touted racist poli­ University of Michigan. We are not affili­ cies and erroneously labeled them as ated with any political party. Unsigned Kuwait ''Peace or Die!" read a chalked mes­ "reason." Next month we expect them editorials represent the opinion of the editorial board. Signed articles represent sage on a kiosk near Angell Hall. Ap­ to criticize the new LSA "diversity" re­ the opinions of the author and not parently those non-violent, anti-war quirement, which masquerades under necessarily those of the Rerliew. We wel­ Support protesters really mean business! the banner of "education." When will come letters and articles and encourage comments about the journal and issues the rest of the U-M racists begin to discussed in it. Our address is: understand these same faults? our For all the sauceheads at SAUSI, we Suite One invoke Detroit News editorial writer 911 North University Chuck Moss' appropriate criticisms of Are whites and Asian-Americans Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1265 Troops! the peace movement: ''We're listening admitted to the U-M under Negative (313) 662-1909 for the swell of outrage against Action Policies? Copyright 1991 .... warn ... ''''~~_~*Wo.~~~:'~~lbI\_4!tt'''''I"",-"",,,_,,-.,_u«.~_ --~">"'.'"'j;"'«~

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From Suite One: Editorials Freedom of Expression Remains E~lJsive·

The University of Michigan is no stranger to hypocrisy, and University Although the interim policy is less obtrusive than its predecessor, it nevertheless PresidentJames J. Duderstadt' sopen letterconcemingthe Persian Gulf War in the fails to define a coherent, conistent standard of conduct .. January 28,1991 University Record renewed this tradition. His letter calls for "a The interim policy gives the same assurances the other speech codes gave community which is tolerant of the views of all its members,even as we debate and about being committed to free speech. Then, after the assura.l\ces, it tells us w~~ discuss our views openly and honestly," (italics ours). We cheered, anxiously scan­ we may and may not say. According to this policy, "slurs afld u~ces ... (used) ning the page for news of the interim policy on discriminatQryconduct' s repeal to attack or injure another individual" are punishable. What.kind of slurs and ' and a public apology for the administration' s past censorship. Ofcourse, we found utterances are those? The policy targets the favorite "isms" - rCl(:ism and sexism neither. . - and then a few more for good measure. Perhaps this meansanitlClividual can The University Record of September 6, 1988, promised, "you have the righuo say, "You are a lousy, untrustworthy, spineles, malodorous, despicable starry­ express your thoughts and opinions without fear of reprisal." But a few paragraphs eyed goofball!" but he cannot say, "You have a big, Jewisq schnoz!" Or will ~e later, we read that, "you have the rightto be free from ... offensive comments." The University simply punish both utterances? ..' •. ' . • , article closed with a command to "read and abide by the University policy.uBut And, in administrationspeak, what is "harassment"? ACCOI'~ngtoWebst~r~· ...• how is that possible? One cannot obey the directive because the "rights" it· New World Dictionary, it is "trouble, worry, or torment... to trouble by .re~a~4 . enumerates are not compatible. raids or attacks." In the ''Report on a Survey of .~ual~arClS$ment in . the . !fsomeone expresses an offensive opinion, he ~ridgessomeoneelse's "right" Department of Political Science at U-M/' "sexually offe(l$jyejokes'~werecite4.~ not to hear it. Alternatively, if the offended party calls in the Thought Police, the an example of harassment. Another anecdote went, "Im~ta,profesS.orontlies~r: . speai

Beggars Can't Be Choosers

When Students Against United States Intervention (SAUSI) formed last ''How can this be true?" respond the critics. "Aren't you in effect saying that month, it quickly and predictably concocted that necessary element of any activist public schools are tools of the government? What about elementary schools? group: the insidious ''list of demands." Among its objectives was the elimination Should they become indoctrination camps?" Such criticism, however, overlooks of the University of Michigan's military research. Yet it would not only be wrong the fact that governments dictate what public schools teach - whether in the form in principle for the U-M to refuse military research; it would also cost the U-M an of physical education requirements or minimum standards for math and English inordinate amount of money. -on precisely the grounds that what the State giveth, the Statecontroleth, and the As is often the case, rash and vociferous activist groups (in this case, the State may taketh away. If what worries the critics is the potential for proselytizing technophobes) have a distorted concept of the role of government. As Thomas requirements to be instituted, then we understand and share their concern. Yet at Jefferson wrote in hiseary drafts of the Declaration of Independence, all men "are this point, the question becomes a political one about democratic theory and the endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ... among these rights are proper limits of government, which is distinct from the previously discussed life, liberty, and property ... to secure these rights, governments are instituted theory of obligation. among men ... " In other words, the government's function is to protect individual The "peaceniks" are not the only perpetrators of obfuscation in the military rights. Part of that protection, of course, is the maintenance of a sufficient national research debate. Defenders of mlli taryresearch often cite the $12.7 million statistic defense. in light of soaring tuitions as the basic reason why the University must accept such As long as the federal government funds schools like the U-M, it is surely part funding on financial grounds. Besides prOviding funds, federal projects form a of the schools' duty to serve the government and help "secure these rights." Part major part of the graduate programs in certain disciplines. Without them, the ofthat security is realized through weapons research, which is a prerequisite of an advocates of research often contend, the University would be compelled to spend adequate defense. As it turns out, the U-M received approximately $12.7 million more of its own money on research, leading to either tuition increases or cut backs in research funding from the Department of Defense in fiscal year 1990, a figure in the quality of a U-M education. This pragmatic argument, though persuasive, which amounts to nearly 4.5% of its $286 million research budget, according to the is unnecessary because federal funds obligate the University to obey its directives Office of the Vice President for Research. in the first place. Nevertheless, charge the critics, the University must stand up and assert what it feels to be right, even if it does go against some intangible "right" the govern­ In short, if SAUSI is truly concerned with the moral obligations of the U-M, ment has to the U-M's service. If the University must accept federal funds, then then it should work to eliminate the U-M's dependence on State funds. As long it has no business making political judgments from an ivory tower, but must as this school is taking government money, it has a duty to assistthe State. We, of instead assist the government in securing its citizens' rights; this is the obligation course, are wary of phrases like "duty to the State," but unlike SAUSI, we would that comes from taking such money. rather avoid the initial commitment than renege on our responsibilities. ~ "~,Ula.",,",,«_ •., ,... ,, ,"." " "" ~ ""' '"

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But wait, there's Muir Muir Meets' Man-Hater

by Jeff Muir me that "I find it interesting that a A week later, as I was waiting for One day, in mid-November, I conservative, white male is talking my new friend, I replayed the found mySelf sitting in my seat in the about democracy!" tumultuous classroom debate over in Natural Science Auditorium growing Ouch. my mind. It amazed me that people very frustrated. I was in Professor John A few moments later, I responded. who apparently possessed normal Vandermeer's "Biology 101: Biology To the claim that the U-M was sexist cognitive abilities could actually and Human Affairs" class, listening to because it exploited women by using suggest some of the far-fetched notions yet another shallow, misleading and women's fears to justify deputization, they were spewing in Vandermeer'S opiriionated lecture from The Old Grey I reminded everyone that it was just class. What my feminist friend had One. Today we were talking about the last year that the U-M was being sa id abou t w hi te people really angered "biology" of U-M campus security derided as sexist because it wasn't me, though., As I recall, white males depu!iz"" "" N"":~ ":'lL'~l<>"~"" ''"<'''NN'''''''o,,,,,,,,, ,\, .... <,. ' "~ .. ,OJ. " ~,,,

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". , Feature ~ . .,t 0 ">: O'Connor Attacks the Govenment :Beast

by carey Brian Meadors Rep. Margaret O'Connor sat at her first place? cuts. An example of one such sug­ Democrats took all of their money and desk in Lansing, opening a letter from "Certainly a person ought to wear gested cut is $20,000 that was spent on spent it against me," she explained. "I a person seeking a state grant to start a a seat belt," she said. ''Butit oughtto be dance lessons for incarcerated crimi­ would guess, in real terms, I was out­ culinary arts school. O'Connor called that person's choice, not the law." nals. The list goes on for hundreds of spent by about 13 to I." It was not an in her assistant, Kelly, and dictated a Similarly, O'Connor opposes the pages. easy victory, however, as she won by a reply. U-M's attempts to regulate student '1 truly wish that taxes weren't mere 40 votes. IIIIt is against my political philoso­ speech, specifi~ly the speech code taken out of paychecks automatically," During my visit to Lansing, I spent phy to forcefully redistribute money ruled unconstitutional by Judge O'Connor said. "Everyone should a few minutes on the floor of the House - to tax one person and then give it to Avern Cohn in August 1989. The legal have to pay their taxes with silver coins of the Michigan State Legislature. Lo another - even though the cause may in a bag. Then and behold, I got to see student money be worthy. Enclosed is a personal people would real­ in action, as the Michigan Collegiate check for $25.' If the other state legisla­ ize just how much Coalition (popularly known as tors do the same, he should have his the State really "MCC" on student tuition bills) was needed funds." Kelly nodded. She had spends each year." lobbying for the students' ''best inter­ written this kind of letter before. She reasons that if ests." Under consideration was a pro­ In this day of presidents who re­ people really knew posal to expand the U-M's work­ nege on campaign promises, legisla­ the amount of study program, which costs taxpayers tors who like to spend money they ' money that went to over $5 million annually. Under the don't own, and consumer advocates the state, and how proposal, students who qualify "" for who believe the State should solve much of it was work-study would be allowed to work problems properly left to the free wasted, they would for non-profit, as well as profit, or­ market, it may seem that liberty no be just as upset as ganizations to receive the allocated longer has defenders. Fortunately, she is. money. O'Connor, Michigan's 52nd District Interestingly, O'Connor turned to me and asked, State Representative (which includes O'Connor applies ''What do you know about this pro­ part of Ann Arbor), is one of the in­ her anti-taxi anti­ gram?" creasingly rare defenders of individ­ spending fervor to I explained that anyone with half a ualliberties. her own district as brain could get a job at the U- M with­ ''To be effective, you need to know well. She continu­ out the work-study subsidy, I added the players," said O'Connor, a Repub- -, ally votes against that if the money must be allocated, it lican. Take, for example, Democrat all pork barrel pro­ would be better used as a direct hand­ Perry Bullard, the state representative grams - even out, so students would at least be able from the University of Michigan's dis­ those that would to spend their time studying. trict. put money into her Realizing that it would only lead "Usually, our votes cancel each hometown. to more requests for state funds, more other out," she said. ''He believes gov­ So far, it is a taxes, and more bureaucratic waste, ernment should protect people from _ ~I strategy that seems O'Connr voted against the proposal. everything, even from themselves. I do costs of defending the code were "a to have worked. In 1990, O'Connor Remembering I was there on not." terrible waste of taxpayers' money," was re-elected, despite the concen- pleasure, not business, I decided to '1 am a strong believer in the free she said. trated efforts of the state Democrats. conclude my tri p with a pointed ques­ enterprise system," said O'Connor. O'Connor's biggest complaint, "After the election," she said, tion. She holds that economic liberty is the however, is taxes. To date, her most "many of the other Republican legisla- "If you are so opposed to taxes, cornerstone of all liberties. What good effective weapon against the state tax tors actually thanked me." Because of shouldn't you return your salary to the is a right to free speech and press if a behemoth has been her annual Pork the intense effort to defeat O'Connor, state treasury?" person is so overregulated as to be Barrel Awards, an ever expanding many other Republicans in the Legisla- "I would," she said. "But if I refuse unable to own a printing press in the document citing her suggested budget ture faced easier opposition. ''The the salary, the Speaker of the House would get it. So I return it to my dis­ trict." One method of returning her con­ Learn the Review's stituents' taxes is to aid small townsin i their occasional budget crunches. For ~ instance, a small town official had ~ 1F@Irlli> ll. ~

Satire ~. .· ,AQhiUes Against the War in the Gulf?

Though acerlDin classics professor refrains yellow ribbon reveals his cowardice, Trojan war (though such a loss draws indifferent t~ the storm of missiles far from alluding to the present, one of his not his patriotism. Just as Achilles' cozy tears of blood from Zeus), Vice­ away (thanks to CNN); we see Icarus . stud~s could not resist. intellectual inquiries into the nature of President Quayle's fatMr used his falling from the sky though we go about ., war and morality lead to the death of influence to save his son. our daily life. Perhaps American youth ~y Mary Dzon his beloved companion Patroklos, the Like Achilles, the lone dissenter - liberal and conservative alike - As lovers lounging in bed late into pacifism of A. Kill Ease C\nd his ilk may . who questions the heroic code out of while aware of the war, do not fully the moming share their souls while the once again prove detrimental to fear of death, our little liberal A Kill comprehend the realities of it. Whether rest of the world is already about, and American troops. Ease and his faithful pet Pat Roklos we are creating modem art sculptures as Achilles plays a lyre and sings the "For as to her unwinged young find themselves opposing the majority on the Diag, selling peace t-shirts, or gloriousdeedsofmen while his beloved ones the mother bird brings back who patriotically support the president. exhibiting football game spirit, we seem companion Patroklos leans against him, morsels whenever she can find them, To combat the winter cold, since there to beguiltyof the nationwide euphoria, both preoccupied with battle but not but for herself it is suffering, such was is not much body heat generated by a the overconfidence that allows news participating in it, SO University of I," Achilles says. Echoing this anti­ minority, and, more importantly, to reporters to laugh during a press Michigan students Pat Roklos and A. materialist cry against being used to ignite a flag, our heroes light a match. conference concerning the war. As Iraq Kill Ease", sons of hippies, keep vigil get possessions for others, A. Kill Ease Borrowing strategy from Hussein, bombs Israel, as oil spills pollute the on the Diag in hope of a peaceful refuses to serve theinterestsof wealthy they create a human shield to protect gulf, and as casualties mount, liberals solution to the Persian Gulf conflict. white males and proclaims, ''No Blood that point of light. The flame flickers, and conservatives should realize that Like Achilles, who after taking for Oill" If a war is being fought for as wisps of wind slip through the cracks though war is a dusty deed, it must be treasures from the ships he stormed economic reasons, economic means between their bodi.es~ and then goes done quickly and in unison. and gave them to Agamemnon, who should be exhausted before military out, while a parade of patriots breaks .. Although it may be hard to "waiting back beside the swift ships, ones are used; A Kill Ease condenses through the wall. The patriots rescue believe, Pat Roklos and A. Kill Ease are would take them, and distribute them this argument into an anti-war slogan the flag from desecration and raise it fictional characters. little by little, and keep many," our as awkward his own name: "Coup into the sky, where it sails majestically, little liberal A. Kill Ease cannot Wait!" like a fish swimming against the tide Mary Dzon is a freshman in LSA and comprehend how disadvantaged Unlike Agamemnon -a man in a without changing course. a staff writer for the Review. people of color can risk their lives for job too big for him, who is more The calm w,?!ld here. is not an ungrateful, prejudiced country. concerned about keeping his honor to "Like flies to wanton boys," whines A conceal his lack of qualifications than Kill Ease, "are we the oppressed to the about saving his people from the plague Shop Ulrich's Bookstore for everything oppressors; they kill us for their sport." of Apollo - President Bush is not Lest the mistake of Vietnam be playing the hawk to erase his wimp that's AMAIZING BLUE! repeated, our little liberal is taking care image. Unlike Zeus, who allows his to separate the warriors from the war. mortal son Sarpedon to be killed in He claims to support the troops because battle, since divine intervention would he wants them home immediately, "waken grim resentment" among the before they carry out their mission. His other gods whose sons were in the Michigan Review Essay Contest

When the LsA Student Government (LSA-SG) approached theMichigan Review about purchasing a $200 advertisement for the February issue, we found ourselves in a quandry. In our October 1990 issue, we editorialized . against the $6.77 tax every student involuntarily gives to the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) each term. We advocated the implemerttation of a positive check~ff system, by which students could choose if they wished to contribute to MSA's coffers. At the time, we called it lithe only ethical way of funding MSA" Since the U-M/s individual student governments, which include the LSA-SG, receive a similar $1.00 fee from students each term, we could not OUR GUARANTEE ... accept the proposed advertisement, put the money in the bank, and remain If you can buy an item cheaper elsewhere within 30 days, true to our editorial. Ulrich's will match the deal or refund your money. The best essay on the topic of "Why Student Fees Should Be Voluntary" will receive a $125 prize and the honor of having his essay printed in a future issue of the Review. Awards for second and third place will be $40 and $25, respectively. The Review plans to spend the remaining $10 on promotional 57YEARS /J .. ' S C!iC materials for this contest. All University of Michigan students are eligible, with the exception of Main Store: 549 E. University those unfortunate people listed in the Review staff box. Essays must be typed, UA"";~IA'S Electronics: 1117 S. University Phone: 313662·3201 double-spaced, 5~750 words in length, and turned into the Review's Store Hours: M·F 8:30 - 5:30 Michigan League mailbox or e-mailed to our MrS account no later than Saturday 9:30- 5:00 March 6, 1991. MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE Now Open Sunday

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Interview Tanter Supports American War Effort ., ,; 1\'

On January 26, Reg Goeke of the Re­ avenues to avoid a war? "A" - deterrence with Saudi Arabia. to be quite high, and the moderate view interviewed Raymond Tanter, a For the third phase, coercive diplo- Arab states would be reinforced for professor of political science at the TANTER: If I had to grade President macy and trying to coerce Saddam to having backed the,Winner - the U.S. University of Michigan. He has Bush, I would give him an ''P' for the leave Kuwait, I would give the admini- - and that the international peace taught at the U-M since 1967 and period of 1989 to the day of the inva- stration a ''B.'' Good effort, but the conference will be a by-product of the worked on Ronald Reagan's National sion of Kuwait, the reason being that administration relinquished initi- war. But not the peace conference that Security Council from 1981-82. He he provided economic credits and atives. It tried to foreclose certain op- was linked to ' Saddam's demand to presently teaches a popular course on high-tech equipment to Iraq, trying to tions, like no rotations policy, and exit from Kuwait, but the peace confer­ the Arab-Israeli conflict, and fre­ persuadeIraqtobemoderateandtobe therefore signalling to Sad dam encetoend the war. All wars must end .. quently appears on national and local instrumental in the Palestinian-Israeli Hussein that Bush is going to use the Every war must end, and every war · , television stations to give his views peace negotiations. That was a mis- force, rather than letting them sit in the ends with a peace conference. When on the Persian Gulf War. .. , ' • desert. He did all that conference meets, they can discuss ' the right things not only the disposition of Iraq; main­ from the point of taining Iraq's territorial integrity and , view of coercion, political independence should be fore­ REVIEW: What do you believe are the but he was not able most on the agenda, but also other United States' main reasons for being to succeed. Other­ issues could be taken up. But that can't in the Gulf, and do you believe they wise I would have be stated beforehand. For example, we are compatible with U.S. interests? given him an "A." can't say the Palestinian issue will be Now, the pe­ taken up, but I think it will be dis­ T ANTER: There are two mainreasons. riod since the war cussed as well as protecting Iraq from One has to do with maintaining inter­ started and just be­ Syria, Iran, and Turkey. national order, and the other has to do fore the war started, with maintaining the supply of oil at I would give him an REVIEW: And if it is a long war? reasonable prices to the United States' "A" in terms of or­ allies and to the United States itself. ganizing an interna­ TANTER: If it's a long war, Ithinkthat 1 The order motivation is of far greater tional coalition, a the United States' influence will be l. consequence than the oil factor" but ''B+'' for domestic reduced. The longer the war, the more they are two sides of a coin, ,and when political consensus, likely it is that Israel becomes involved the two converge they provide the specifically with and then Jordan and Syria are also in­ rationale for military intervention. respect to Con­ volved in a way that is not the case gress, and an "A" today, with Syria being part of the REVIEW: What is the New World from the point of American coalition. The longer the Order? view of giving the war, the more likely it is that there will ,military the author­ be domestic political instability in such !I TANTER: The New World Order is ity to prosecute the countries as Egypt, which have backed the world in the post-Cold War era. war without sec­ the United States' effort. Also, perhaps When the Cold War was the glue that ond-guessing from somewhere in the Gulf there could be I provided the rationale for defense The Reagan administration had the White House. But a "C+" or a "C" some instability as the result of a expenditures, and for the basis of tilted towards Iraq in the Iraq-Iran in terms of information management. I lengthy war. Environmental disasters American foreign policy in general, it war, and then provided arms to Iran in think that the administration is spoon­ like the oil spill, smoke going in the was fairly clear what to do because you exchange for hostages - but then feeding the public. Once you give the atmosphere, casualties being taken, \ had the ideological guide for decision­ tilted even more towards Iraq after the military the authority to prosecute the terrorist strikes - all these things will I making. But after the Cold War, one Iranian arms-for-hostages sale. And war, that doesn't mean that the ad­ tend to accumulate and U.S. influence I has to have new principles. One old the Bush administration simply con­ ministration should give the military will not be as high in the context of all principle which is part of the New tinued the Reagan administration pol­ the authority to disseminate informa­ these negative things occurring. World Order is the inadmissibility of icy, without there being a reason to tion. The American people have to stay the acquisition of territory by force. So continue it. So the policy was not only behind the war when the going gets REVIEW: Someone suggested that I when one country invades another unthinking, it was a disaster. Then, tough. It's easy now. There are hardly there should be a link between the I country, the New World Order says, when April Glaspie, the American any casualties. Once the casualties Palestinian question and the Ku­ ! ''No, you can't do that." Now if that ambassador to Iraq, said that the start corning in~ there will be consider­ wait-lraq question. What do you country is an oil-producing country, United States had no interest in any able doubts in the public and these think about that idea? that makes it even more inadmissible. intra-Arab border disputes, and had doubts will have been addressed more But the principle is clear: the inadmis­ no interest in the Iraq-Kuwait border adequately. TANTER: Linkage is bad for several sibility of the acquisition of territory by dispute in particular, that provided the reasons. One: it would reward Sad­ force. So aggression cannot stand in green light for Saddam Hussein to REVIEW: What do you think will dam Hussein for attaCking Kuwait the New World Order. And if it's ag­ order his minions into Kuwait. So I come out of U.S. actions? Do you with the Palestinian issue, which is the gression against a friendly, oil-pro­ would categorize this period as an era think the Middle East will be more or core issue for the Arab world. It would ducing state, then it's even more of of failure to deter, not failed deter­ less stable, and do you think there say to Saddamthat "You'did a very , consequence. rence. will be a power vacuum in Iraq? good job of bringing the Palestinian ' The second phase is the attempt to issue back on theJTont burner of world REVIEW: What is your assessment of deter an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Ara­ TAmER: Ifit'sa short warthatisover politics." Two: the Palestinian issu~ U.S. diplomacy before the war? Do bia. I would give the administration an by March 16th, thebeginningofRama­ deserves to be treated on its own mer­ you think the U.s. took all possible "A" for that. So ''P' - failure to deter; dan, then I would expect U.S. influence its, and notasa resull of war in the Gulf ~~~~~~~:A'..~~~'Y»~~H_'> ' '''''''''''''''>'

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- because if the Palestinian issue is a presence until the current war. And I peace movement is not that large, ei­ effectiveness in fighting at night, that bi-product of wa~ in th¢,.9.¥i... f~.. ,~ ....." " would ~ytbati~e"is no, need for ther. the ground and tactical air phase would then make It very ~lt"'fof ground'C()Il\bat~nce in the post­ would begin on or around February the Israelis to make any compromiSeS way era. 'Yo(1"heed,' though, 't6legiti~ REVIEW: Do you think that it is fea­ 12thJ when there is a new moon. And on the Palestinian issue. Because Sad­ mize the Atrierican naval presence so sible at this point to pull the troops given the political sensitivities of dam is involved with Yasser, Arafat. A you can have port calls. You can have back? Ramadan - the holy month of Islam third reason not'to link the PalesQNan quick reaction deployment on ground - beginning on March 16th, that issue with the Gulf crisis is beCause forces because there has been pre­ TANTER: There won't even bea pause phase should slow down around once you admitlinbge, then y~ti give positioning of petroleum oil lubri­ until Iraq says "uncle." Those people March 16th. And there are sandstorms leverage to the most radical groups. SQ cants. You have the logisticalinfras­ who advocate a pause, I think, are that occur in the desert in April, so I if you want to give the leverage, the turcture that was developed during misguided. You've got to keep the would say that the war itself would influence, to the radicals, then you talk this war remaining intact so that US. pain on until Saddam cracks or his probably be over by the time the sand­ about linkage, and then you get n0- Troops can be placed in position in the troops begin to desert, after which time storms start and the hot weather be­ where in the peace process. So it:' &very event that there is additional aggres­ there could be a pause where he could gins at the end of April. important that' you be aware that sion on the part of a country such as unconditionally surrender and remain things are linked, but that you don't Iraq. in power. If he surrenders, I think that REVIEW: Given that assessment, acknowledge the linkage. ) he should remain in power, but he what do you think is the likelihood of REVIEW: On campus there has been should be defanged. a draft being reinstated? REVIEW: What do you believe, V.S. a lot of protesting_ goals should be in the war? " " REVIEW: Is there any alternative to a T ANTER: I think that there is a low TANTER: I don't think there has been ground war at this point? likelihood of a draft. I think that there T ANTER: The minimum is the libeta­ very much. will be call-ups of reserves. The presi­ tion of Kuwait - not necessarily the TANTER:Aground wardoesn'tmean dent has the ability to call up over a restoration of the Sabah falnily, but the REVIEW: You were around in 1967 the air war stops. It means that the air million reservists. The United States restoration of a legitimate govern­ during the Vietnam era protests. How war is not strategic, but ~tactical. has a very small regular army, and it's ment of Kuwait' a government that the would you compare this to those pro­ A tactical air war is in sUppOrt of a National Guard-reservist army. So Kuwaitis themselves would like to tests? ground combat operations. So what therefore, the people who are in the have. I think that the process by which you have is a slow transition from reserves are the ones who need to it determines who takes power in TANTER: The protests in '67 were far mainly air to air and ground. So it's not worry. These are generally older Kuwait has to be worked out. more extensive: broader, deeper. air versus ground. It's air in the begin­ people, not students. A second goal is to maintain the Many people took part. And also the ning phase, and air and ground in the territorial integrity and political inde­ teach-ins were more diverse. There ending phase. REVIEW: What do you see as the U.S. pendence of Iraq, so that there is no were people who represented various role in world affairs - and particu­ power vacuum that develops. points of view in the teach-ins. The REVIEW: But you think that a larly in the Middle East - with the And a third goal is for the United teach-ins now seem to be very one- ground war will be necessary in order imminent collapse of the Soviet States to develop bilateral ties to the sided, to say the least. . to force Hussein to at least surrender? Union? coalition partners, in something like a wheel where the U.S. is the core and REVIEW: The' latest teach-in, that TANTER: I believe that ground com­ T ANTER: The United States is the . these other countries are spokes. The happened the Saturday before the bat will be necessary because Saddam only superpower, and therefore the wheel rolls as a result of America's war began - what did you think of will not be coerced. If he was going to United States is the policeperson of the energy, but also as a result of the fact that particular teach-in? be coerced, he would have been co­ world. Countries will dial 911, and that these spokes play their role. So erced before war began, because he they are not dialing 1-555-1212; they you'd have American-Saudi, Ameri­ TANTER: I didn't attend it. would have calculated that the mili­ are not asking for informa tion, they are can-Iraqi, American-Israeli relations tary risks would ou tweigh the gains. asking for power to be projected to that cumulatively constitute some REVIEW: Do you think the protests And the same line-up is against him save them from the bullies in the kind of a framework for security and a are having any sort of impact on the now, so why should he be coerced world. The world of the Middle East is peace process at the same time, with­ U.S. administration's policies? now? So coercion failed earlier, and I a tough place to live. It's a set of tough out all of those countries necessarily think it will fail this time. And so there­ neighborhoods. And there are bullies having to join some kind of interna­ T ANTER: I don't think it affects the fore I think it is inevitable that ground that go around constantly trying to tional alliance, because they just won't. administration's policies, but I think combat operations will be necessary, push other countries around. This is That would institutionalize the the protests affect Saddam Hussein. with tactical air support. the United States' era. The latter part of American military presence in the Saddam thinks that the United States the 20th century is owned by America. Indian Ocean-Gulf of Oman-Persian doesn't have the resolve to stay the REVIEW: How long do you estimate That doesn't mean the world is owned Gulf area, while at the same time not be course until the war is over. Saddam this phase willlast7 by America, it just means that this is so politically destabilizing because it's thinks the peace movement will tum the era for the United States right now. not a visible alliance structure that around the country the same way he TANTER: If ground combat High-tech equipment, collapse of the would therefore destroy the domestic thinks that President Johnson was operations were to begin I think that Soviet Union, instability in the world, structures of fragile Gulf regimes. defeated by the peace movement in his they should begin soon, but they are all factors that mean the United policies with respect to Vietnam. should begin after the Republican States has to be in a position to project REVIEW: So you think in the long Guard in the southern part of Iraq has power in the world for diplomatic run there will be some sort of U.s. REVIEW: Do you think ifs having an been softened up with B-52 strikes. purposes. military presence in the region? impact on the soldiers? Also, I believe that you should maxi­ mize the relative military effectiveness TANTER: There has been a U.s. mili­ T ANTER: No. I think the soldiers are of American military technology with tary presence since World War II in the more concemedabout their personal respect to fighting in the dark, and Gulf. Seven o~ So ships on the avetage security and safety, and some of them therefore you need relatively dark in the Middle East Task Force, the who are politically interested get in­ nights. So I anticipate that if a ground Middle East f9Tce for the Gulf. But volved,but I think the bulk of the sol­ war were to occur, and if the United there has not been ground cqmbat diers ignore the peace movement. The States wanted to maximize its military "-'~~"'~M"-~*~~\';:'I;l'>\'!~<~4"""~"""':,>.,,,_,,,,,,

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, ~ (, :, t' ~ . Opinion f ~ • ".if '\If' ~ - ~ The Myth· of the Biased and Useless SAT

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by Doug Thlese high school records and other infor­ records, r rises to 55% (.55). the oitics claim, eliminating the SAT Ina book entitled TheReignofETS:. mation used to predict a student's A common complaint against the would hurt, not help, black students' The Corporation That Makes Up Minds, readiness for college work. SAT is that its content is culturally prospects for admission. , Allan Nairn has characterized the According to Thomas F. Donlon's biased against females and minorities: Critics of the SAT m~intain, nev­ Scholastic Aptitude Test as an essen­ The College Board Technical Handbook critics claim that unfair questions do ertheless, that the test's content is un­ tially useless tool for predicting future for the Scholastic Aptitude Test and not accurately measure the students' fair and unreasonable: that is, the test college grade point averages. "For 88% Achievement Tests, the SAT improves abilities. Although there may be a de­ does not properly target,nor accurately of the applicants," he writes, "an SAT colleges' ability to select incoming gree of intuitive appeal to this criti­ reflect, the skills needed for college. score will predict their grade rank no classes which will have higher average cism, it is not borne out by the test's This charge ignores the fact that the more accurately than a pair of dice." GP As at the end of one year. The results. If questions were really worded SATisdesignedtomeasureastudent's He also charges that the SAT dis­ amount of improvement in the pool of as to hinder females' and blacks' per­ aptitude for college level work. The criminates against minorities by acting selected students' GP As can be mea­ formance, one would expect the SAT's vocabulary of the verbal section in­ as a class barrier that helps to channel sured by a "correlation coefficient," r. effect on their r's to be negative. But cludes language that is used in college white, upper-income youth into If freshman classes were selected at consider that the average female education. An example of such ap­ America's most prestigious colleges. random (from the pool of all SAT tak­ freshman's correlation coefficient im­ propriate testing of this vocabulary is While such criticisms suggest that the ers), r would be 0, since colleges would proves from .49 to .57, and that for found in a typical antonyms section SAT misrepresents student ability, in have no basis for predicting the aver­ black students, the SAT increasesreven that tests for the following 15 words: fact it is a useful tool for predicting age talent of the class. If, instead, classes more. While the high school record's venturesome, conceal, equilibrium, stale, college achievement. were selected solely on the basis of the correlation coefficient is only .25 for doubtful, stiff, partisan, infernal, somber, The SAT was originally introduced students' high school records, the re­ blacks trying to enter predominantly paucity, amiable, discrepancy, whet, elicit, in 1926 in order to correct for differences sulting average GPA would be 48% white colleges (those more than 90% and enigmatic. Such words would ap­ between the various local high school (.48) higher than that of the random white), the SA Timproves their average pear to be reasonable for a college ad­ curriculums found across the country. ("dice roll") sample. Fortunately, col­ rto 37. This reveals a noteworthy point: missions examination (at least if the One's SAT score is not intended to be leges can do even better thanks to the therforblackstudentsimprovesby.12 prospective student intends to do and , the sole criterion for college admission; SAT: if they consider students' SAT (48%), whereas white students' risonly understand any of the assigned read- \ rather, it is intended to supplement scores in addition to their high school bolstered by .7(15%). Contrary to what ing). Please see page 11 \ l Clamping Down Continued from page 1 ''We believe that these policies are ence policy does not list specific ac­ of what it intends to eradicate. Sargent unnecessary and not the best way to tions. The only remaining resource, vehemently expressed a desire to I harassing." She suggests that the U-M achieve an open tolerance of language therefore, is the Caucus report and its change social norms which have his­ administration work to improve the on campus," said Steve Pearlman, an examples. tOrically supported an allegedly un­ ! conciseness of their policy and list American Civil Liberties Union But is it sexual harassment when a changing sexist society. She then went specific examples. The same argument (ACLU) spokesman for the U-M man says to a woman, ''You probably on to say, "People's norms are chang­ can be made about the political science campus. "In the past, the ACLU has got an 'A' in this class because the ing everyday." policy, however. opposed policies such as the University professor thought you were cute?" Finally, neither Saxonhouse nor Obviously, neither policy wants policy on sexual harassment and More importantly, is it not a violation Sargent seem to see the poli tical science the burden of specification for fear of similar policies as strict or stricter, of his right to free speech if he is pun­ policy as a violation of free speech. violating of free speech rights. It was which this appears to be." ished for this form of "sexual harass­ ''That certainly was not the intention of not until the publication of ''What Stu­ The Political Science Department ment?" the policy," said Saxonhouse. Sargent dents Should Know About Discrimi­ maintains that it is only trying to create The University policy on Discrimi­ referred to potential threats of First nation and Discriminatory Harassment a better environment for its members natory Conduct says itisnota violation Amendment restrictions as "something by Students in the University Environ­ by ~hanging existing social norms tha t to punish that speech. Equally binding, for the courts to talk about." ment/' that the original Anti-Dis­ condone sexual harassment. ''We live however, is the Board of Regents' A "community of trust" within the crimination Policy came under fire. in a sexist society that condones such "Statement on Freedom and Artistic department is a workable goal. A That pamphlet spelled out what stu­ behavior," said Sargent. "Ourpurpose Expression" which states that "the "community of trust" encompassing dents could and could not say,and that is to challenge that behavior." University authorities should act with the entire campus is an even nobler specificity doomed the Anti-Dis­ But visiting professor of political maximum constraint, even in the face goal. Obviously, elimination of sexual crimination Code. science, Gregory Smith, who co­ of obvious bad taste or provocation. harassment is an ideal that everyone In the political science policy, one authored his own college's sexual The belief that some opinion is perni­ should work for, butnotatthe expense particular phrase is quite susceptible harassment policy, questions the cious, false, or in another way detest­ of free speech. Sadly, with the adoption to criticism. The opening paragraphs methods employed by the department. able cannot be grounds for its sup­ of policies such as the "Interim Policy of the policy state that "we all must be "Historically, we are suspicious ofleg­ pression." on Discriminatory Conduct" and the particularly sensitive to how comments islating morality before an act occurs, Oearly, the Administration cannot "Department of Political Science Policy are perceived by others, not just how but willing to do so after the act. How­ makeup its mind as to which statement on Sexual Harassment," the U-M they were intended." That clause, ever, it is too mechanical to legislate to stand by. The Political Science De-' encourages and enforces the squelching which Sargent confirmed as operative, prima facie because it takes away from partment is equally confused. of ideas and beliefs. suggests thatthe department is willing the policy and opens it up to political Saxonhouse confirmed "the need to to press action on the basis of the per­ usage." develop what constitutes sexual Stacey Walker is a sophomore in ception. Anysuch basis could be wholly Then, of course, there is the harassment in the University communication and the business question of exactly what, constitutes environment" and then proceeded to manager for the Review. unfounded, perhaps stifling the ex­ , . pression of ideas. punishable behavior. Thepolitical sci- adopt' a policy without clear examples ~!"~}J..«~;\\-",*~"*-~(~~~~*,~~~(jlW~t""¥~"'"""-"'.·",,,,.~<,

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Special Services

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'f ;; +\ ~ ,t i CqitJ,ued from page 1 " populations that are traditionally such as the Alliance and other Affirma­ 50-, the U-M seems to have acqui­ { - ~\.:. .", < " under-represented at the U-M." tive Action programs, race, and not esced totally to the demands of those to Alliance director, expressed an inter­ Dr. Charles Moody, the U-M's Vice scholastic achievement may be the sole whom statistics, and not real world estin transferring to the U-M,andasked Provost for Minority Affairs denied determining factor as to whether ornot improvement, matters most for permisSion to participate in the that the new program discriminated a prospective student is admitted to The U-M should stop playing ra­ specialized services? unfairly. theU-M. cial number games and rediscover its Asked whether such a student "You are getting hung up on There is no doubt that principles and its academic mission. would be allowed to participate in the something that you See as being denied administrators at both U-M and WCC There are students of all races and program, Dr. Guy Altieri, Vice Presi­ to white students," he said. "There are are working towards honorable goals backgrounds who have achieved aca­ dent for Student Services at WCC, and already early identification programs in seeking ways to increase the number demicexcellence. The U-Mshould seek asked him if a student in such a situa­ for white students." of transfer students from community out these students and convince them tion would be allowed to participate in that it offers the best opportunities for the Alliance program. learning and career advancement. It "No, he would not," was his With the Alliance, the U-M continues could continue to offer such programs answer. as the Alliance for Minority Scholars, He said that the U-M initiated the its obsessiveness with pursuing stu­ but why not create an "Alliance for idea for such a venture. According to dents not for their academic potential, Scholars" instead? the original press release, the U-M has If the U-M is truly interested not similar agreements with several other but for their quota filling ability. only boosting enrollment of minority area community colleges, such as students, but also creating a Jackson Community College and multi-culturallearning environmen tin Wayne County Community College. With the Alliance, the U-M contin­ colleges. which racial stereotypes and resent­ When the U-M's Dr. Holmes was ues its obsessiveness with pursuing It is also clear that institutions such ment are fictitious, it ought to pursue posed with the same question, he said students not for their academic poten­ as the U-Mare often put in tough situ­ its very laudable goals in a way that ''What I would hope to see happen in tial, but for their quota filling ability. ations when they are told to increase does not exclude anybody based on that situation is that the counselor at No longer are minority students in minority enrollment by a state that race, and in a way that does not lower WCC would say, 'Oh! Your interested general sought, now only specific mi­ funds local school districts through academic standards at the school. in attending the U-M! Here's the name norities apply. property tax assessments, a system that By offering exclusive support ser­ of a contact person at U-M who can In effect, the U-M is buying Di­ invariably leads to inadequate vices and "preferred considera tion" to help you.''' versity. educational funding in the poorer areas certain ethnic groups the U-M demon­ As to why certain services, such as Institutions of higher learning have of the state. strates its contempt, not respect, for early detection of academic ability, long offered programs and services, But when the U-M institutes pro­ members of these groups by saying, in counseling, and campus touring ser­ both financial and academic, to certain grams that seek to increase the per­ effect, "We know that you aren't ca­ vices which had proven to be effective ethnic groups while denying them to centage of these traditionally pable of competing with whites or in helping community college stud,ents others. When this was done to the dis­ under-represented minority groups by Asians, so we'll judge you by different reach their scholastic potential, were advantage of minorities, it was called way of exclusionary services and standards." Is this method conducive only being offered to selected minority racism, discrimination, and bigotry. "preferred consideration", it makes one to increasing a student's desire to groups, and not to all the students of Now, apparently, as long as it is done wonder if it isn't simply instituting achieve and excel? Twenty years of WCC, Homes said "Many programs to whites and Asian-Americans, it is cosmetic programs they will bolster trial and error seem to suggest that it exist that try to reach out to the general lauded as "equality," "Diversity," and statistics. By not taking the lead in ei­ does not. population and inform them of the "progress." ther creating or lobbying for the cre­ possibilities that exist for them at the It appears as if the U-M is perform­ ationofeducational programs that will Jeff Muir is a junior in general studies U-M." ing a racial juggling act in an attemptto prepare all students equally for admis­ and a contributing editor for the Re­ "With the Alliance," he continued, achieve a very artificial Diversity sion- and as the state's flagship uni­ view. "We are trying to reach those quotient. This means that in some cases, versity it ought to have the clout to do

SAT

Continued from page 10 whites and blacks have almost the same ture about the supposed "bias" of the important part of the college admis­ level of difficulty on the SAT. SAT, the critics should focus on im­ sions process. Without it, colleges The SAT's mathematical section While the average SAT score of 806 proving the K-12 educational system. would not have an impartial means of makes quite reasonable demands as for blacks is lower than the average The charge of cuI tural bias contrib­ comparing high school grades of stu­ well. This section requires knowledge white score of 972, this does not mean utes to the widely held (but erroneous) dents from different schools, and col- . of arithmetic, one year of algebra, and that the SAT is "biased" against mi­ belief that the Educational Testing leges would then have to guess how geometric concepts that are typically norities. What the difference does Service, the writer of the SAT, serves as representative of student ability their taught in elementary and junior high show is that there is an unequal dis­ the keeper of a narrow gate of college grades were. Consequently, those stu­ school. In fact, it is possible to do well tribution of educational resources in admissions. This is Simply not true. In dents with low and unfair grades would on this section without having had the various school districts in the coun­ his article, "Admissions Testing on be tragically deprived of a second courses beyond first-year algebra. try. Minority households tend to be Trial," Robert Linn of the University of chance to prove themselves worthy of When the verbal and mathemati­ disproportionately poor and therefore lliinois' College of Education reports admission to the college of their cal sections are considered together, tend to live in poor school districts, that "most colleges are not very selec­ choice. according to Donlon, the correlations since school districts are generally tive. Only about one college in ten ac­ between difficulties for whites and funded by local property taxes. If a cepts less than half of its applicants, Doug Thiese is a sophomore in politi­ blacks are almost identical: .90-.98 for student is inadequately prepared for whereas about one in three accepts cal science and a staff writer for the the verbal section and .94-.98 for the college, then his weaknesses will be greater than 90% of its applicants." Review. mathematical.section. In other words, ~ ,r~vea1ed by-the,SAT. Ratb~t: t:l\an lec- , ,; .. 1he.SATmust continue t@ be an '/"<\b-"m~""1>I~~~,~.W'M~'«"8"iM'!o<,<,j"""~"""""""""'·~'~i', "

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Books Failure of Neo-Hippie Heaven

Beyond the Boom themselves "conservatives," few of generation's pop psychology substitu­ her diagnosis of what ails American Terry Teachout, editor them "accept the ideological package tion of 'self-fulfillment aber alles' for a politics is valid, however, then· the Poseidon Press deal of the conservative movement genuine code of ethics and an end to outcome of the current war will most Hardcover, $18.95 without Significant reservations ... we the excesses this new morality seemed certainly alter the nature of the 237 pgs. wander all over the map when it to condone. nation's political character for years, or comes to abortion, sexual morality, "House Lust," immediately even decades, to come. by Adam Garaglola foreign policy, cultural matters. Some Vigilante'S essay, has a completely dif­ The other writers in this collection One of the most enduring ques­ of us are traditional conservatives, ferent focus, looking instead at the gulf address topics which are just as varied, tions of our age has to be "who are others radical libertarians." between perceptions and reality with delving into the moral, social, ec0- these people called 'baby lxx>mers,' As Tom Wolfe notes in his intro­ regard to the economic status of the nomic and political make-up of the and what is it that tbe}r stand for asa duction, it is precisely this array of youngest lxx>mers. The author, Mag­ boomers' collective psyche. One au­ generation?" There have beenliterauy opinion that makes the essays of the gie Gallagher, paints a description of thor laments the decline in taste that hundreds oflxx>ks and articles wri~n contnbuting writers so stimulating young lxx>mers that will never be. able elevated popular culture to the level of about what is undoubtedly ~ most to attain the level of prosperity they ex­ fine art, while another examines the ! thoroughly scrutinized generation in perienced while they were growing current fad of historical revisionism (in history. The vast majority of this up: "you come to realize that you never an essay appropriately entitled, "Eve­ pseudo-analytica1 swill was produced again achieve the standard of living rything You Know Is Wrong"), IDld yet by left-wing social scientists who, en­ you had in junior high school." . another gives a very entertaining de­ raptured by the radical and chaotic Gallagher points to the rise of a scription the life a Washington sentiments of the 19605, predicted that new economic substrata, the Poor "wonk," a portrait ofthe young, ambi­ the boomers would carry the idealistic Urban Professionals (PUPs). Accord­ tious, statu!H:onscience political ca- notions of their formative years into ing to her, this group is composed of .. reerists that actually do all the research adult life and turn the United States college-educated men and women, and analysis that policy making en­ into a neo-hippie heaven. who, because of a combination of the tails. Of course, they were all wrong. high cost of living in urban areas and None of the writers sounds re­ The latter day lxx>mers who came of the need to pay for private school motely like the raving, anti-free mar- age in the late 1960sandea:rly::l970&· eduction (should they haveclijldren)J ket. anp-establishment "intellectuals" voted to put Ronald Reagan arid cannot both maintain a middle-dass thcitctofuinate the world of academia, George Bush into the White House. lifestyle and also raise a family.· which has become, in the view of these They discarded their lofty sentiments Lisa Schiffren, the author .of the authQrs, "a. thoroughly uncongenial of free love and social justice in favor of last essay," A Whiff of Grapesh9t," ad­ intellectual. retirement home for ten­ the pursuit of yuppiness. As Editor and thought- provoking. Their differ­ dresses the issue of politicalleaqership ured radicals of the '60s." Indeed, in Terry Teachout writes in his foreword, ent approaches to the task of describ­ from the prospective of the present these pages the most common theme is to Beyond the Boom, "the political and ing themsel ves and the society they are generation, and finds that the emerg- the new direction in which the "thirty- intellectual legacies of our older broth­ shaping provide the reader with a ersand sisters, the baby boomers of the wide-ranging survey of boomer '60s, were a flop, a failure, a disaster." thought. A look at some of the essays' We can expect a whole line of smiling, The 15 essayists. in .Beyond ,the titles is illustrative of the thematic ter­ telegenic yes-men who are closer to the Boom, who are all part of this tail end of ritory covered here: ''The Drunks Shall the lxx>m generation, have set out to Inherit the Earth," "House Lust," and stature of J. Danforth Quayle than explain just what their outlook on the "A Whiff of Grapeshot." world really is, and what characteris­ The first piece of this trio looks at Abraham Lincoln. tics, if any, can be considered as defini­ the alarming prevalence of destructive tive of them as a group. The "thirty­ behavior in contemporary society and ing boomer politicians are woefully something generation" is taking soci­ something lxx>mers" can be collec­ the return to traditional values lacking in leadership ability, courage, ety, a return to the principles of indi­ tively described as "politically and cul­ (through groups like Alcoholics An­ and self-discipline. More show than vidual liberty, civic duty, and free mar­ turally right of center, albeit in idiosyn­ onymous and AI-Anon) that is being substance, the new politicians are ket values. The failure of their older cratic and often unpredictable ways," brought about by the ever-growing overly concerned with appearances brothers and sisters to rebuild the according to Teachout. ranks of recovering addicts who have and sound bites than duty and honor world on the basis of their vague, and He elaborates on this curious con­ gone "on the wagon" for good. The (One could simply say they are merely idealistic ideology has taught the servatism, stating that while he and his writer, Susan Vigilante, sees in this learning from their elders in Con­ young boomers to think realistically like-minded fellow lxx>mers may call phenomenon the death of the "me" gress). and view the world pragmatically. The Schiffren attributes the lack of authors show themselves to be clear Do meetings really begin with a these qualities to the absence of the thinkers with concrete ideas, which is Review true test of cultural mettle: war. The refreshing after enduring years of cor­ pledge of allegiance and a prayer to qualities of the war hero are the quali­ porate liberalist pabulum and the pipe ties of a great political leader, she ar­ dreams of the "turn-on, tune-in, Russel Kirk? Find out for yourself at our gues, and in light of the the American drop-out" crowd. experience abroad over the last two next meeting, Sunday at 7 p.m. or call decades (from Vietnam to Lebanon, Adam Garagiola is a Residential Col­ one might say), we can expect a whole lege sophomore in creative writing 662 -1909 for more information. line of smiling, telegenic yes-men who and comparative literature and a staff who are closer to the stature of J. Dan­ writer for the Review. Folgers coffee will be served in styrofoam C1lps, byo California table grapes. . forth QUayle than Abraham Liricoln. If ~~~~-j>o'I,,,,,~, ~-~,,,,,",,,~~~~~~~,~ ,,,, ,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,

The Michigan ReView, February 1991, p. 13

Books Gratit'ud-e:·Wh -ether We Want Ito:r Not

Gratltf,Jde , ate the high costs of care for the eld­ nOrrUcally advantageous to do so, ac- duty. Buckley also recounts his expe- William F. Buckley, Jr. erly. With two million elderly in need , cording to Buckley, as 80 percent of all riences at Yale after discharge from the ' Random House of home assistance and nursing home Americans born after 1973 would military, but once again it is not obvi- Hardcover, $16.95 costs topping $20 billion annually, spend a year working full time for a ous, to say the least, how his service in 162 pgs. having millions of NS members work- salary ' of $10,000. He explains how the war benefited him. , ing for low wages in these areas would such a large pool of volunteers would Although he claims that NS is pri. by Heather Johnston tremendously reduce expenses. Since be obtained through what he refers to marily geared toward benefiting the Few Americans ever express grati~ " over 70 percent of the elderly reach the as a series of "sanctions" and "induce- indiVidual, Buckley provides scant tude to their country for the rights and " poverty level wi thi n thirteen weeks of ments". . evidence to this effect, instead focus- " privileges it affords them. John :f. .· enteringanursing home, Buckley feels First, he proposes that instead of ing heavily upon the economic ben~ , Kennedy's ; farno~s statement, ~'J¥k, . :; it would be socially advantageous to the $10,000 cash gift proposed bySena-fits to be reaped by the collective (the not what your country cando fonyou; { , '. tor Sam Nunn (D-Georgia), they ' riation)~ He convincingly argues that ask what you ~ doforyourcoUr\~ ," ,- :)" would receive a tax credit, influertcing " theideaofNSiseconomka1Jy feasible~ seems to,:have had the opposite ¢f(ect ,:;:( the NS veteran to be productive in the butdoeslittleto persuade the reader in of what he intended, as citizenso(t~e:>:' future. NS veterans would also be eli- temls of political philosophy-whkh U.S. show ;decreasing amounts))"';" gratitudt1 gible for medical benefits and low- is the ttUssing link needed for the im~ gratitude .fo~ ,their patrimonyi cu,~ ; , interest student loans. plemelltation of a' program such (lS increasing (oncem for the , benefl!s" •• r,ICTlO". , '-J Next, he proposes a number of , this. they ~ive. : : . , " 0" sanctions against those who would not --.--..,.------In Gratitude, William F.Buckley Jr. '" W14AT freely choose to participate in NS, but Heather Johnston is an LSA freshman wr describes ,how he Jeels this .tend,ency could effectively be coerced into doing in history and a staff writer for the 0'" ; so. These sanctions would include col­ Review ~ should be addressed. Beginningwith~ , '0 au .. "

story of a monk who juggles tor th~ ,. C.OUltYA" leges' refusal to matriculate students

Virgin Mary, in order to express his , I prior to one year of NS. Those choosing gratitude to her in the only manner he' not to be in NS would also be ineligible can, Buckley leads the reader through ' william f. ,,:j his arguments for implementing ,, a . for financial aid, income tax deduc­ program of National Service (NSf tions,and federally-insured bank ac­ Precisely how he arrives at the conc1\1-' ' buckley, jr: counts; they would also have their sion that citizens feel a gratitude to:­ driver's licenses revoked and be d~ ward their nation comparable to that ' nied Social Security payments (al- ' of the monk for the Virgin Mary is not though they would presumably have entirely clear. help them; up to 300,000 elderly could to contribute to them). Buckley refers • TEXTBOOKS Throughout the book, Buckley lead "normal lives" if certain volun­ to these as "mild and suggestive" sanc­ • REFERENCE BOOKS works to define and clarify two main teer services were provided to them tions that simply discriminate be­ points: first, that NS is not military free of cost. tween two classes of people. • OFFICE SUPPLIES service and is therefore economically Employing America's youth in NS Coerced or not, according to Buck­ • ART SUPPLIES feasible; second, that although society would cost the national government ley it is the participant who gains the will reap numerous benefits from NS, relatively little. States, rather than the' most from NS. To support this he of­ • MJCHIGAN INSIGNIA the participant receives the greater federal government, would support fers two examples, the first of which is CLOTHING & GIFTS reward. NS. Expenses would vary from state to the strikingly implausible hypotheti­ The argument for NS begins by state but are calculated to cost an cal case of Robert Ely. Ely becomes an discarding the myth that NS means average of $10,000 per participant. NS worker in a nursing home where he and much more! military conscription for all 18-year­ Buckley points out that these costs are then has several singular experiences. olds; rather, NS refers to a one-year lower than those of the Peace Corps Miraculously, he finds his vocation term d uri ng which a variety of services (which spends $16,000 per member). (public health), discovers in the ma­ may be performed. Buckley proposes a Although Buckley proposes that tron a potential godmother for . his number of civilian posts which NS the details of the program be left to the first-born, is able to be in close contact members could occupy, and argues states to allow them greater autonomy, with his Aunt Lucy as she dies, and just against inclusion of military service as he loses sight of this in suggesting the feels a whole lot better about life as a too costly. He assumes the most likely institution of a National Service Fran­ result. candidates for NS are the 1.6 million chise Administration (NSFA), to be Second, we are offered Buckley's 18-year--<>lds who do not enroll in run by the federal government. While own experiences, which are not college, generally live with their par­ the primary purpose of the NSF A merely amusing, but nearly as con­ ents, and earn less than $7,500 annu­ would be to help compile information vincing and compelling as our hypo­ book & supply ally. In services requiring negligible and appropriate legislation for the thetical friend's. Buckley begins by training only, he cites the near-desper­ state programs, its impact would actu­ describing the mandatory service r~ 1 ·:~::: ~ii-·$;:~t9t;:;$t~\i;:':::;: 4~$i4?i:i: 1 ate need for help in libraries, muse­ ally be far greater, for it would have quirement at his boarding school. While his anecdote provides an enter­ %':"'. :<.' .,. ums, the environment, and care for power to deny federal aid to states " J'I.IA. [gl,-. , children and the elderly as potential whose programs did not comply with taining (although questionably rel~ Ell ~ 3.4 million posts that NS members NSF A standards. vant) accout of spotting Nazi war - could occupy. One immediately doubts whether planes in World War II, it fails to illus­ ON CAMPUS lOCATION· CORNER Cf N. UNIVERSITY AND STATE STREET Buckley particularly concerns all (or even any) states would willingly trate how NS participants necessarily himself with how NS cou~·''''~~::I:t.,.. '''' '''' '' ' ""

The Michigan Review, February, 1991, p. 14

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Music ~ ; ~ r: .'

Three Bands Set to Break in 1991 .'

by Crusty Muncher Fowler collaborated with Kinney on bands off the map this year," said cheesy balladeers like Poison and Alias Crusty knows rock n' roll. He also the songwriting, and the team has cre­ vocalist Chris Goss onstage at the 13- look like a bad joke in comparison. knows that while corporate-rock slugs ated a few grungy gems in the tunes 13 Club. "Mulling It Over" and "But Anyway" spew out banal slime that continues to ''The Innocent" and "Build A Fire," The Masters of Reality are a 19905 are the most precise and polished soul clog the airwaves, monopolize MTV both written in the Soul Asylum vein answer to Lynyrd Skynyrd. In additon jams recorded in quite some time and prime time, and steal Grammys and ofbasicchord structures accompanying to singing songs about the southland feature a slew of speedy harmonica American Music Awards, he knows strong vocal melodies. ("Eyes of Texas"), the Masters have licks from vocalist John Popper. In fact, that there will be justice when the true Island Records spent $90,000 on a released a debut album that, like the the entire album includes superb chops sons of rock rise in the early years of video for the album's title track and music of Skynyrd, stretches the --, this decade. Here's the first wave of a according to drummer Jeff Sullivan, boundries of country influenced rock new invasion. MTV has added it to the medium n' roll. "The Blue Garden," arguably rotation list. Says Sullivan, "It's got the album's best track, incorporates an Drivin' n' Cryin' kind of a Flight of Icarus story line and organ and lots of wah-wah guitar­ "Drivin' n' Cryin' used to let us includes live performance, as well as work into a contemporary southern­ open up for them at a club called the some imagery of the angel on the album rock framework. The brief instrumen­ Dug Out back home in Georgia," said cover." tal'Theme For The Scientist" features Indigo Girl Emily Saliersafter her recent The band is currently on a club / some gloomy guitar harmonies that performance at Hill Auditorium. "Ilove theater tour that will pass through mix gothic and southern styles. The the band a lot." Boston's Paradise Club and the world smooth voice of guitarist and Drivin' n' Cryin' was formed in famous Ritz inNew York before hitting band leader Chris Goss is captured 1985 by singer/guitarist/bandleader the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor on February beautifuly over the harmony of the Kevn Kinney and bassist Tim Nielsen. 22. After tours with Soul Asylum, Zeppelin-like "Candy Song" and the Relying heavily on word of mouth and Uving Colour, and fellow Georgians piano heavy track "Doraldina's a rugged touring schedule, the band R.E.M. as well as hundreds of Prophecies." has developed a substantial following, headlining dates, 0 n' C has perfected If all of this isn't enough, since the especialy in the southern states. Fly Me their live performance, which draws release of the self-titled debut, the Courageous is their fourth release on heavily from their more aggressive, Syracuse-based band has picked up On February 13 Blues Traveler's John Island Records and is without a doubt distortioIK:aked numbers. the legendary ex-Cream drummer Popper (pictured) and Chan Kinchla the most confident effort in the 0 n'C "I think the next few years will be Ginger Baker. "I've sat in with bands will join the World' 5 Most Dangerous catalog. good for us," said Sullivan, who was before and it's always been pretty Band on Late Night With D~vid The record is a compilation of rock once the drummer for the Black Crowes awful," said Baker,''butoncewestarted Letterman. n' roll tunes about the world as seen back when they called themselves Mr. playing I was completely surprised and through the eyes of a blue-collar, Crowes' Garden. ''We've spent years delighted. They're excellent, very from each of the four members. Popper middle-class southerner, and is full of traveling and building up a following. together, and Chris has such a great will go down in history as a harp both soothing acoustic folk songs and We get letters from fans in Poland, voice." virtuoso and he's equipped with a thumpinggarage-rock jams consisting Switzerland, and Japan which keeps The Masters also recently added gospelesque and soulful voice to match. of crispy and soulful guitar riffs that us motivated. It seems as if we finally guitarist Daniel Rey to their ranks, re­ Guitarist Chan Kinchla, a Jimmy Page have been absent from popular music have the wind at our backs." placing original axe-man Tim and David Bowie aficionado, embel­ for quite some time. Kinney pens the Harrington. In the past, Rey has pro­ lishes the songs with prolific blues licks lyrics and sings his songs of pessimism Masters of Reality duced albums by New York City while Bobby Sheehan, a professed with a voice reminiscent of late AC/ "I can say that with the Lord's powerhouses the Ramones and Orcus Deadhead, contributes cyclical and DC singer Bon Scott, but with a south­ mercy and a little bitofluck, we'll blow of Power and has played with the likes roaming jazz basslines. ern accent. Nielsen and guitarist Buren all these fake cowboy-boot-leotard of Iggy Pop and Dan Manitoba. The band made a stop at the The band is now in the studio re­ University of Michigan's Alpha Epsilon

.; cording with the new line-up and their Pi fraternity in November and follow- up album should be on the supposedly rocked bells. "The shelves by June. fraternity shows are tons of fun and excellent money," explains Popper, Blues Traveler ''butwe' re getting outof that. We would Blues Traveler started out a few rather play public gigs." years ago performing their blend of Blues Traveler will be performing blues, jazz, and classic rock n' roll at in Ann Arbor again sometime in late New York clubs like the Wetlands, March. Theircurrenttouris taking them Nightingale's, and the Marquee. through the southern states where they Hundreds of bands have blended the have been ge tting an excellent response. same genres in the past, but not in the "We are also doing really well in tightly structured manner of Blues WaShington D.C. and, Vermont, and Traveler. in Colorado we sold out everywhere A&M Records released the band's that we played," said Popper. Expect a self-titled debut last year, which was new record in September. definately one of the year's best. The

ballads IIAlone" and "Crystal Flame" Crusty Muncher lives in a cage. The Drivin'n' Cryin'isTimNielsen,KevnKinney,Jeff Sullivan, and Buren Fowler. pack in enough emotion and Review recommends that he not be The band will perform at the Blind Pig on Friday, February 22. unparalleled musicianship to make allowed outside after dark. .. ~r..~~,.. .~ \tIolI»j",."•• tM~...... ~ ..,.,.",.,._ ,,,,,,,.'~~~\S!u:.~!W"~~?""""'M!!/o""""~~'~""~" ••....".,,;"'<'v ...... , ~ . <,

The Michigan Review, February 1991, p. 15

Music Pleased to Meet the Replacements Again

by John J',Mlller the aftermath. Don't Tell a Soul. plan was to sweep the world off its When the Replacements stumbled And even though they released a "I thought it was time to put the feet/ So you sweep the garage for the onto the stage of the Michigan Theater new album, All Shook Dawn, last fall, loud electric guitars down and go for neighbors to see." Additionally, "At­ nearly two years ago to kick off their their immediate future was much in something that felt and sounded titude," a song about keeping nasty Don't Tell a Soul tour, everything ap­ doubt until only several weeks ago, better," says Westerberg, now 30. thoughts to yourself, ought to be peared as it should. when they announced plans to show- "After the last tour, my ears were dedicated to University of Michigan Bandleader Paul Westerberg, ringing pretty bad, and the last thing 1 President James Duderstadt's speech cigarette in mouth, launched the group wanted to do was pick up a Gibson code. into "Color Me Impressed," guitar and plug it into an amp." The album grows on you,asa song awkwardly ending the song three None of this is to say the like ''Nobody'' gains the poignancy of minutes later by grabbing the neck of Replacements have recorded an series "Achin' to Be" and "Bent Outof Shape" Slim Dunlap's guitar and yelling at his of acoustic poetry readings. Tracks like recalls the energy of "Alex Chilton." other bandmates to stop playing. "Merry Go Round," "Bent Out of Granted, nothing grabs the listener by Rumors said the band had spent the Shape," and "My Little Problem," a the jugular like "1.0. U ,If but this is also previous several hours at Dooley's bar; raucous duet with Concrete Blonde's a tighter, cleaner, and, yes, more mature their two hour set proved irreverent Johnette Napolitano, reaffirm their band. and inspired, ,like they'd missed the garage rock origins. Still, slower The anger remains; it's simply stage and were glad to be back. Or at numbers, like the desperate "Someone redirected. The Replacements no longer least a little tipsy. case this latest effort on the road. (They Take the Wheel" and the nearly hate the world; they instead struggle The tour, however, was disastrous. will perform at the University of whispered title cut, seem to form the with themselves, wondering where in Riding on the success of their first and Michigan's Hill Auditorium on the crux of All Shook Down. tjle world they belong. And that's the only legitimate radio hit, "111 Be You," night of Valentine's Day). Thankfully, Westerberg's epi­ difference between adolescents and they latched onto Tom Petty's Full Moon On the new release, the musical grammatic lyrics,as much a trademark adults. Fever summer tour. Their music failed fury of "My Favorite Thing" and as his raspy voice, come out in force. to workih 15,000 seat arenas, unfamiliar "Bastards of Young" is set aside for a "Anywhere you hang, yourself is John J. Miller is a junior in English audiences were at best indifferent to more restrained sound - a sound hung," he sings on "Someone Take the and the Review's editor-at-Iarge. them, and the band nearly broke up in which the band only hinted at on 1989's Wheel." And,on "Happy Town" : "The Muir" Continued from page 5 and that they needed protection?" I when defeat is imminent. method of pointing out the ways in asked. The old "you're not a woman so which 1was a sexist bigot, are typical of homophobic." " "Yes, but male police officers will you'll never understand" argument. the politically correct Diversity crowd She looked at me in horror. not be sensitive to the concerns of "But haw do you knawthat I've never at the U-M. These folks think it is We then 'moved to the topic of women who have just been raped." been J:aped?" 1 asked. acceptable to resortto "good" forms of campus deputization and rape. Doing she complained. She did not know, of course, if 1 discrimination to root out "bad" forn1S her best to prove that the U-M's plans Now she had criticized men on had or had not been the victim of a of discrimination-only they appoint for deputization were racist, sexist and two fronts. White men were mean and sexual assault. Just as she did not know themselves to decide which are "good" generally un-diverse, she claimed that bigoted, and all men were insensitive if I had ever been the victim of and which are ''bad''. of the 24 securi ty officers thus hired, all and dangerous. Gee, she was beginning discrimination. J ustas she did not know Following one of the few instances but one were male. She thought this to sound like a genuine man-hater. if 1 had been poor or rich, or if 1 had that the U-M refused to acquiesce to was primD facie evidence of sexist hiring "Do you want police officers or derived any benefit out of my white- the demands of the Diversity camp, policies. these self-appointed do-gooders "Yeah, but how many women Ah yes. Now she had me right where reacted by behaving like spoiled applied for those positions?" I asked. children: they threw a week long "I don't know." she said. she wanted me. She was bringing in the temper tantrum. "So how do you know that the The premises upon which the only woman hired was not the only heavy artillery now... The old "you're politically correct Diversity philosophy woman to apply?" ~ queried. is based are false and blatantly She stared at me in utter disbelief, not a woman so you'll never under­ contradictory. Students who came to as if 1 had somehow broken the rules stand" argument. the U-M for a quality education and by requesting that she back up her not to be indoctrinated or to learn assertions. someone else's idea of diversity ought "I don't, but... " she began. peer counselors?" 1 asked. "Besides, maleness. Just as she did not know not let them go unchallenged. Every Having failed to convince me of which qualities are more important for how many women had applied for time that funds are spent in idealistic anything on those grounds, she she a police officer to have, bravery and positions on the U-M police force. attempts at creating an unrealistically next asserted that deputizing 23 men law enforcement skills, or some nebu­ According to this enlightened egalitarian campus, it comes at the was really bad because "giving men lous, undefined 'sensitivity' quotient?" man-hater, white males have nothing expense of people's rights and the guns automatically puts women in the ''Well,'' she sputtered, "I hope you of value to say about democracy, all quality of education. That is what we role of victim and reinforces the never get raped." males are insensitive, and men with are here for, is it not? stereotype that women need protection Ah yes. Now she had me right guns are a menace to society. Jeff Muir is a junior in general studies and that men are there to save them." where she wanted me. She was bringing This tendency to resort to and a contributing editor for the Re­ "But didn't you just say that in the heavy artillery now. It was that generalizations and stereotypes, and view. women weren't safe on this campus, old stand-by argument, to be used only yes, racism and discrimination, as a · ~ , _""""".;,,,<,,,,, ,,,-"'~'''''''''''''''«J:~'':W£;~'J~~~~''''Jo.''' ··~,,,,:, .,,,, ,.,,,,,~,,~, "".o.\'_ ~, . .

The Michigan Review, February, 1991, p. 16

Music Puppet Show and Spinal Tap

Spinal Tap But they were undaunted. They the greatest rock and roll band since the Abhorred at Brian's narrow­ Smell the Glove were on a mission. This was Spinal days of the Druids. mindedness, John replied, ''You're an Polydor Records Tap. The collection of 11 songs, taken idiot. You know what they want - or Six days later, Brian and John, from Spinal Tap's long and varied his­ maybe you don't. Do they have to by Brian J. Jendryka, John J. Miller, eardrums bleeding, sat in the Review's tory, included all the greats, from come right fat out and tell you?" and Marty Pufkln MSA-allocated office space prepared Brainhammer'5 "Big Bottom" to Intrave­ Equally stunning, and even more

II At last, Spinal Tap's classic Smell nus de Milo's ''Tonight I'm Conna Rock romantic (if you can believe it) is "(Lis­ the Glove is available on CD!" ex­ You Tonight" to the hard-ttrfind ten to the) Flower People," and its claimed an easily aroused Brian. "Cups and Cakes." message of peace and 1~)Ve . So im­ ''Big deal," said John, carelessly Butit was more than just the music. pressed were Brian and John that they flipping through a stack of records la­ The words meant 0 so much. The deli­ decided to renounce their evil Review belled ''Where are they now?" cate, subtle innuendo of "Sex Farm," ways and become genuine hippies. ''You do not understand! This was and its ad vice concerning male-female In short, Spinal Tap sounds like a recorded for a very selective audience! relations, has no equal. It deserves a herd of preserved moose. This leads This is Smell the Glove!" said Brian, special place in the canon of English one to ask the obvious question of jumping up and down, shoving the jet poetry. David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, black CD cover in John's face. The seemingly obvious "Gimme the dynamic duo of this rock and roll Transfixed, John gazed helplessly Some Money" has spoken to different creation: "And where are they now, people on different levels since 200 at the cover, unable to move, or even "It's so black, it's like 'how much the little people of Stonehenge? And years before the dawn of time. think. more black could this ber and the what would they say to us, if we were had read the critical reviews. "Perhaps it's not the money here tonight?" They answer.iL..'noIle.'" - Nigel Tulnel Regarding lntravenus deMilo; one they're after" said an ever-contempla­ t-shirt writer said, ''The musical growth rate to play Smell the Glove for the 243rd tive Brian. "It was from their earlier, Brian J. Jendryka has a pre­ cisely denoting his skeletal structure. of this band cannot even be charted. consecutive time. They had skipped idealistic days. Maybe they really want John J. Miller amplifiers that go They are treading water in a sea of classes all week, shirking their aca­ to redistribute other people's money, has up to 11. Marty Pufkin is a jerk. " retarded sexuality and bad poetry." demic and editorial duties to listen to like MSA." Money For Student Groups! LSA-Student Government is now accepting applications for

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