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The rancid smell of burning trash partying, we invite you to ram your dumpsters hovering in the air around head against a stone butress for a Cedar Village early Sunday served as month or two. a reminder of just much ground the Condescending or not, it's about students at this university have time for the ignorant masses behind covered since the last Cedar Fest. the near-riot Saturday night and Apparently, it's not very much. Sunday morning to shape up or ship After a week of boasting of being out. This type of behavior is not fitting top dog in the state - on the gridiron of an immature high school student, and otherwise- MSU students and much less a person pursuing a higher their guests returned to the inglorious education at what is supposedly one days of busted heads and bloodied of the nation's premier universities. faceswith a barrage of fights, burning C'mon, expand your horizons. debris and destroyed property in the Read a book. Do something with Cedar Village area. · CEl7AR yourselves. Quit walking through Amazingly, no one was arrested. college like so many creatures from East Lansing, MSU and county the Night of the living Dead. God police officials were simply out manned gave you that large mass of nerve by the drunken throng of about 3,000, matterunderneathyourhairsprayed East Lansing Police Capt. Richard head for a reason. Use it. Murray said they have no idea how But before we get down on all of uR-1 editorial cartoon/Steve Jablonski many were injured - though he said you Spuds McKenzie fans, we feel it's area hosoitals were kept very busy. only fair to mention that MSU is not So who's to blame for this mess, the only university with a collection of Bored of Trustees! anyway? nearderthal-ish coeds: Is it the city, for neglecting to A celebration following U-M's prepare adequately forthe potentially NCAA basketball championship over These -codgers skirt explosive situation? Seton Hall last spring also turned A crowd estimated at 500 gath violent as storefronts were smashed ered in Cedar Village on Friday night and looted, cars overturned and more issues than Charo before the game. State police rein people injured. forcements are being requested for MSU's Board of Trustees has a Not to mention the tact that the And this past weekend, campus this weekend's homecoming game long-standing tradition of treading Board only meets once a term. violence after Western Michigan's against Illinois. water and spouting rhetoric on issues The board owes it to MSU stu homecoming game forced police to Or the students and their friends sensitive to students. dents, alumni, faculty and employees use tear gas to disperse a crowd who reverted to subhuman violence Last Friday's meeting was no to expand Its accessibility. This means estimated at 4,000. and depravity? different. giving people more than a piddling five But asinine behavior at other state We think it's the students in But now we'll tell you something minutes to discuss pertinent topics. universities is no excuse for this most volved, who once again made it clear you didn't know. Why the rush anyway, guys? We recent childish outburst at MSU. for one and all to see that they have What you may not have known is knowyou'rebusy, but most meetings Naturally, students will complain no regard for life, property or a quality that in the face of tuition increases, are finished by 3 p.m. Is it so difficult when East Lansing city officials initiate education, for that matter. racial tensions, a community ravaged to add even an hour or two? And it does affect us far beyond another crackdown on student festivi by violent parties, a stabbing and Oh, we forgot. That would mean ties. the fact that MSU now has one less assorted other pleasantries, the Board pushing back your dinner reservations Honda Spree and a few less bicycles. And naturally, students will argue managed to skate by like it was at the Kellogg Center. that city officials are vehemently anti One student was overheard business as usual. • • • student with their noise ordinances encouraging the melee, saying, "It's No matter what conflict arises at The meeting included an impas and open-alcohol policies, while about time MSU forgot about compet these meetings, all conversation sioned presentation by perennial East providing justification forthese over ing with Michigan on an academic and eventually erodes to mumbo jumbo Lansing City Council candidate Bobby bearing laws. athletic level and got down to what double-speak about budgets and the Mitchell, who railed the Trustees for And maybe, just maybe, those we're really good at-partying." land-grant tradition. - their lack of concern for giving black MSU students who have opted to stop Sorry, pal, we're not buying it. It's And some meandering about the and other minority students a fair maturing in the 12th grade will stop inferior attitudes like your's that hurt football team, too. shake. acting like they need chaperones. this university more than any elitism That \eaves audience members Mitchell's comments may have And maybe hell will freeze over, on the part of our colleagues in Ann only five minutes each to address the been shocking to some. That may be too. Arbor. board - hardly enough time to ade- , just what the Trustees need. Or Besides, if that's your idea of quately explore a subject, especially maybe a weU-placed cattle rod will do considering their complexity . the trick.
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He/she is the person Street dealers also have liitle to with whom you are supposed to feel Everyone seems to agree that fear. If cocaine was sold over-the free to discuss your problems. I America's number one problem is counter, they could undercut drug don't think I would trust someone drugs, particularly crack cocaine. The prices and also sell larger amounts. If that even the Brady family would old cliche was that everybody talked the government supplied crack, the call "a snitch" - and I don't drink. about this problem but nobody did street dealers would probably be hired Plus, what kind of prEH:letermina anything about it. Now, people are to distribute these drugs. They have tions would an RA have about a coming out with many possible the experience, don't they? And there student he's "busted" who ap solutions to this raging epidemic. Not will always be a black market getting proaches him with a problem? That all of these solutions are correct. An its supplies from U.S. government does not sound like a healthy, ever-wid~ning circle of intelleotuals stockpiles. friendly relationship to me. and 'insiders" are suggesting that The foundation of the drug In the same vein, who wants to drugs be legalized. Some of the major legalization movement is the concept have everyone hate him? That's the names associated with this movement that drug sales tax money would go to position our poor RA has been are economist Milton Friedman and prevention and treatment. Alcohol thrust into. He/she must be the Chicago columnist Mike Royko. prevention does not work now. Millions policeperson of the floor, the bad They argue that legalizing crack of high school students drink. There is guy that turns people in. Our poor would greatly r0duee illicit drug profits, absolutely no evidence to suggest that RA finds himself between a rock forcing both the street dealer and the drug prevention programs would work. and a hard place. he alienate Does Columbian drug lords out of business. Drug treatment programs don't work all his floormates, or does he bend Perhaps these drugs would be currently due to the lack of money to the terms of his job and be a big distributed freely by our government, support treatment. The cost of treat hero-thus circumventing the further reducing drug-related crimes ment would increase alongside the entire policy? I don't know about caused by addicts in need of drug increase of addicts. As new forms of anyone else, all I know is that my money. I stronglydisagreewiththis drugs become dominant, different RA has chosen the latter. Nuf said. "solution." At best, this concept is types of treatments are needed. We So it seems that the new wrong. At worst, it is very dangerous. have no guarantee that money will alcohol policy will continue to ruin Here is what would happen if always be available for these treat the university's hopes to create an drugs were legalized in the U.S. First ments. Orwellian MSU as long as the Resi of all, the number of drug users would Other social questions would also dent Assistant is that policy's chief greatly increase. The act of making arise. Could athletes still be sus enforcer. So, either MSU lets the cocaine legal would be viewed as if pended for drug use? Would drug boozing go on, or they find a new the U.S. actually .condoned this testing be allowed anymore? Would police force. behavior. If it is legal, why not try it? It crack eventually be sold at bars and - (The author an MSU is is illegal for minors to drink alcohol or party stores? Would consumption of dorm resident who wished to smoke, yet they do, and in large alcohol increase? What about other remain anonymous.) numbers. I believe that many of our drugs, like marijuana? Clearly, legali Normally, theuR-1 does not youth would likewise use cocaine. But zation is not the solution. accept anonymous letters! crack is not like tobacco, or even The crack crisis is not like Prohibi alcohol. It is theoretically the perfect tion. It cannot be solved as easily. For Other fellahs are sterile free-market commodity. There is Friedman and others to suggest that it Dear uR-1: another old diche that states, "supply is only shows how little they under creates demand." This is definitely stand the situation. How can the drug RAs aren't You guys sure ca.me at the right true of crack. After only a few uses, crisis be stopped? It will take a series time. I'm sick of TSN's sterile ap the user becomes addicted. It has of major economic, political, and social cops, dammit! proach to important subjects. Many of evenbeenreportedthatsomeone changes to bring this about. Work must be done not only in our country, Michigan State's current alcohol · your articles (Oct. 4) including, could become addicted to crack with but in South America too. We must policy is an ugly thing, It's right up "Abortion,""Jonnie," "Filling Cups" and just one rock. If a large segment of our subsidize a Columbian switch from there on my list of the ugliest things in "DBM" are light-hearted while making society tries legalized crack, a great cocaine to other export crops. We the world, probably somewhere serious points. portion can be expected to become must also alleviate the economic between Willard Scott and Tipper M.l., (what does that stand for, addicted. Gore. anyways?). I like your attitude a lot. Do not think that the Columbian situation of the vast American under class, giving people something to hope It's ugliness does not stem from With your help, uR-1 is destined for drug lords would lose power. Who do the terms of the policy (though they're greatness. Good luck! you think grows cocaine? With the for so that they will have long-term economic gain from the lack of drug pretty bad), but from the fact that this increased amount of drug users that "great plan" puts the major job of -Bucky legalization would create, the power of related crime. If we can stimulate our economy, we will benefit more. enforcement in the hands of the the drug bosses would also increase. Resident Assistant. The RA should They could become the worid's I don't know if the country is ready greatest monoply, even surpassing for this step, but legalizing drugs is nonsense. r------~------,
HXJI [EW ~~ L!:::!J1]5'~ ~ o · :I I I I , I 1 It's a neat-o reader response card! I : So are we headed in the right track? : Please let us know, send this card to our offices at 142 Gunson St. with any criticisms, comments or suggestions or other I 1 1 I things you believe will enhance our ability to serve the MSU community. Remember, this is your paper, too. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I : L------~ 6 • Reporter-Intelligencer , 18 October, 1989 Cedar Village again earns scurrilous reputation
But just four days ago, Cedar creation; kind of a "No Exit" for the Age? Village pulled on its cloak of existential idiot. Is there anyone in Cedar Village ignorance and exploded into a These folk breed amonQst with even the beginnings of a clue frenzy of putrid violence and themselves, sending their progeny to what civilization is all about? looting that, as I understand it, out to destroy property generation I bring this up with fear of would have made Beirut look like after generation. sounding high and mighty, but downtown Grosse Pointe on a One imagines such a limited and then again, even the most ignorant Sunday night. (And while Grosse defective gene pool would breed ass knows which shoe goes on Pointe hosts some of the harshest itself into null and void. which foot. street fighting - during sales at But apparently it hasn't; while Except for the folks in Cedar Jacobson's - no one can Cedar Village burned, common Village. remember the last time someone sense fiddled. You know, the guys who walk funny. had their Mercedes overturned Perhaps I am being too harsh, and torched). afterall, there were three guys who Yes, it was Cedar Village once picked up a hose and bef;Jan to again pocked with festering, open douse the flames of stupidty. ·wounds delivered courtesy of Three guys who were summarily some blockhead with nothing picked up, dragged off, and better to do. beaten into a pulp. It seems every year brings a new Of course it wasn't all MSU breed of cement-head to Cedar students wreaking the havoc, yet Village. while we outnumbered the out-of Guys that have "1-can-take-more towners we didn't stop them. blows-to-the-head-than- Maybe it was the Cedar-Village you" contests. effect. I must confess, I've never liked Still, I have to ask myself: Cedar Village. Guys that enjoy doing shots of Dran-0 and bragging about how Is there anyone in Cedar Village And - in defense of the six or so who doesn't like Big Time people in Cedar Village who don't much blood and intestinal lining Wrestling? have puke breath, wear muscle they blew onto their roommate's mattress. Is there anyone in Cedar Village shirts or drink Busch beer - not who doesn't have some kind of everyone that lives there can be all Guys who enjoy livin~ in a cinderblock hell of their own latent desire to return to the Stone bad. Miisconception? Age is a relative thing - just ask mom again. Only this time with more from that glorious coming of age. cord cut. introspection. Less than nine months away. You could call one a. "lifeday" and Howoldaml? Now he has gone to court arguing, the other could still be called your For the last 21 years (almost 22) I in effect, that he is older than 21, birthday. It could add up to millions for have known that my birthday is since he officially was "alive" at the the card companies. And oodles of tomorrow. Or is it? point of conception. paperwork for bureaucrats in the That all depends on when you· That would make him older than Secretary of State's office. define life as having started. 21, and beyond the reach of the law. Not to mention one big Excedrin The big quf.JStion in the battle for Actually, he wouldn't have broken any headache for my mom. abortion rights has for years been one law. concerning the definition of life. The result of this case could open When does it begin? a whole new can of worms. I mean, Right-to-Life advocates, as they it'll take someone like Dick Clark David hypocritically like to call themselves, months to figure out just how old he insist that life begins at the moment of really is. ··:-:-:-:-:.:·:·:-:-:-:.:-:<·:·:-:-:.:-...... -:-:-:.:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-···. Stearns conception. And there are more serious ·~111••···············••11••··~····· Pro-choice supporters, who repercussions as well. •·•••.•·••·.•W~~~~•AO.rtf>t~~g'.Aijl? .•.•.••.•• usually avoid the beginning of life Our court system could be del ·. ··•::•MOANING.•>• ... WRITE•US! SEE:•••·•··· argument in lieu of a personal rights uged with senior citizens clamoring for ··•·iH~•R.E.~9~ij~E~se·cARD·•· stance, usually maintain that life Social Security benefits. •:•:•·•••·•:::•:•·•••·•••••••·•:ON.P.S~•••::·•·••· begins around the start of the third The entire "percentage off your >• •·
~ Geek of the Week Sorry greedheads, but your wanderlust for cash and power not only landed your stocks about 190 points lower last week, but landed you Geek of the Week honors. We take this opportunity to salute your groveling on the floor of the stock ex change. While others starve around the world, you drool over pork bellies and sugar beets. Well, choke on this Richie Rich - tomorrow you'll probably crawl over our bones back to the top - but today you're just a geek. And you can take that to the bank. 18 October, 1989 Reporter- lntellligencer. 7 Lash be violated .. .' •The U.S. Supreme Court has Larrowe Interpreted that to mean all of us citizens have the right to be left alone · by the government, OK? That's what they said in the 1973 case of Roe v. Fetuses is Wade: a woman's right of choice is based on her constitutional right to privacy: folks, too •You're forgetting that a couple I'm in the hardware department months ago, the Court you're so fond of quoting changed their minds when out to the mall, checkln' out padlocks and chains, heftln' 'em for weight, they upheld the Missouri law," I says seein' how long they have to be to :triumphantly. "They said states can circle my waist with a couple feet to make whatever laws they want spare, this James Madison student .concerning abortion!" drifts up. "Our legislature here in Michigan is working on a new law right now, "This is really gross, Lash," he 1 leers. "An old bird like you getting into based on thatruling," I goes on. "If kinky sex at your age. You planning to them lawmakers want to, they can lure some unsuspecting coed over to make it a crime for a doctor to your house on the pretext you're going perform an abortion. They can even to tutor her in econ, then you chain prohibit a minor who's been made her up and have your way with her?" pregnant by incest from getting an "This here's what I'm gonna need abortion without parental consent!" next time Operation Rescue calls me 'When that law comes out of the to shut down an abortion clinic," I tells legislature, it'll put these clinics of him, deciding I'll ignore the Insulting yours outa business, yessirt· tone of his remark. "I volunteered to "And when that happens," he says get inside, chain myself to a desk or grimly, "women who have money will whatever, OK? They told me I'll have still be able to exercise their right by to provide my own equipment." jetting off to Europe. So it's only poor "How can you justify invading the women who'll be denied freedom to premises of a clinic, preventing them choose for themselves whether or not from serving their clients?" he asks. they'll have an abortion!" . "Won't you be breaking the law?" "What I don't get," he goes on, "is "I got a constitutional right to why, if life is as precious to you right to lifers as you say, you oppose pre express my opinions, same as anyone "Sometimes our actions have to criminal suspect's Miranda rights in natal nutrition programs, day-care else, buster!" I tells him forcefully. be guided by a higher law," I says there In those words, either. centers for working mothers, subsidies "We studied some cases in my . unctuously. "You gotta remember, "The Supreme Court interpreted for school lunches?" econ law class where the states had sonny, fetuses is folks, too. That's why the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a "That's because we know some prohibited workers from picketing the decision as to whether or not a fair trial to mean that a suspect in a thing you liberals can't seem to during strikes," he says calmly. "The woman should have the baby is too criminal case is entitl0d to have an understand," I tells him. "You don't U.S. Supreme Court said picketing is important for her to make by herself.· attorney present to protect him against solve the problems of poverty by a First Amendment right, so long as "What about the woman's consti making self-incriminating statements throwing money at 'em, that's why." it's peaceful. The Court also said you tutional right to privacy?" I objects. to the police when they pick him up for "Anotherthing I don't understand," can't claim constitutional protaction if "I've read the Constitution backwards questioning. That's where the 'You he says. "is, you folks claim abortion is you forcibly prevent people from and forwards, and I can't find them . have a right to an attorney' comes a moral issue, right? So how come entering the place you're picketing. words, 'right to privacy' in there from. you favor capital punishment?" "That's the law of the land, Lash," nowheres.· "It's the same with privacy," he "That's easy; I chuckles. "If It he adds. "Isn't It obvious those rulings "You know even less about how concludes. "The Fourth Amendment weren't for capital punishment, apply to what you and your Operation the Constitution works than I thought, says: 'The right of the people to be Christianity wouldn't exist, would It?" Rescue pals are doing? Or are you Lash," he sneers. "Of course. it isn't in secure in their persons, houses, such a fanatic you don't care what the there in those words. You won't find a papers, and effects, against unreason Constitution and the law say?" able searches and seizures, shall not Listen to me: Area architecture stinks! hats reading Alpha Gamma Phi Zeta consequently, no game. .. Delta Beta? I'm confused enough as it The goat: Alt of us who spent And why blue and yellow? I mean, money for tickets for yet another big if you're going to put an ugly hunk of is. Oh well, much for individuality! loss. metal in the middle of town, why so The song: (To the tune of Peter choose the colors of our hated arch In the face of the increasing Gabriel's "Biko"). Oh, Tico, Tico, Tico, rivals. problem of under-age drinking in East Ti co. Lansing, several local drinking estab Where was Tico? Speaking of taste, particularly lack lishments (The B'Zar and America's Oh, god, where Tico? thereof. I turn our attention to the was CUp, to name two) have taken to perpetrators of architectural The provoacateur would like to blasphemy ... that's right, you guessed placing colored hospital wristbands on apologize for this week's emaciated it. The proliferation of Identical legal-aged drinkers. What a pain in the ass. As if entertainment section. Kurt Loder was sorority houaea that seem to be on vacation. popping up around town. Would_ being hand-painted, stamped and otherwise inked wasn't enough to give The uR-1 staff roasting someone please tell the fine members was marshmallows in Cedar Village. of AZD that they chose the exad your epidermis toxic troubles, now they're going to cut off your circula- -~~;w;w;w;w;;i~:i:i:w:iw:w:i;;i;W;ilw:w:1;i;W;i;i;i;i:i;i~ same design as another house In their tion, too. · HeNo again, slovenly creatu1N own backyard? I know, they probably Actually, it's a good idea. Our of the underworld. I wuz tmthralled did it on purpose. It's good for that phone calls to local hospitals and tiffing MSUstut»ntsbehavlng like conformity thing. emergency clinics indicated they'll thousands of rotten llttltl provo But for god's sake, the poor things save oodles of dough in wristbands on catoum wfflcend. aren't going to know where to take this past 'CourH, the weekends. Most of their clients are I /tit my INJn do talking, whiltl Skip or Biff home after they leave th4I drunken, bloodied college students youolly-Bk.lmHHiwHlfU!l/s waste P.T.'s. during that time anyway, so the your llvn away burning Curt/ti I mean, what If the AZD girls are wristbands can be used for more than Mathn remnants. And away we so drunk they go to the Gamma Phi . one purpose. go.•• house, and the Gamma Phi girls are so drunk they go the AZD house? If The scene: Fourth and one on the Nice habitrail, East Lansing. Who there's one thing the Provoc hates, It's one. . designed that new parking strudure, commingling of the species. I'm no The players: Blake Ezor and the that techno-pop punk ripoff also genetics nut, but does this mean we'll Michigan defensive line. known as O.vo? start seeing greek shirts and baseball The call: Whaddya' think, brud City of my ass._ the Arts der? 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by JESSE PICKERILL I also had the honor of seeing the uR-1 Arts Correspondent Vienna Chamber Philharmonic, led by conductor/founderClaudlus Traunfell These last few weeks I have spent ner, with Nigel Kennedy soloing on some time at the Wharton center. You •Four Seasons" by Vivaldi. know, that building by the new IM The Vienna Chamber was East? It was time well spent. , founded in 1985 with young musicians TheJuillard String Quartet made and a very green around the edges its first appearance at MSU after show. Playing pieces from Bach, thirteen years absence. Back when Mozart, and Grieg they played with they were known as the Spartan Spirit energy, but the energy came out a playing "Shadows" at different MSU little jumbled. Yet "The City of the gatherings. Arts• never falls to amaze me. A - But this time the Spartans hit packed Wharton Center, unlike the parade stuck to Beethoven Quartets, previous Julliard show, looked on. thEtJlrst, fifteenth and the ninth, to be Again, bravo to those who came, but exact. The boys from Julliard gave it phooey on Vienna their all to a disappointing crowd of I had orginally intended this article barely 1100 people. Yet for those who to thrash on those closed-minded came, bravo to you all. And for those individuals who cannot be moved by who were at Mac's Bar that night, the lofty sounds of chamber music phooey on you. You missed some and the like. But I had a change of truly fine musicians playing their best. face. I can't make anyone appreciate But do not fear. The quartet will return such things. That comes from the January 24 (that's 1990 In case you heart and as we all know some of us forgot) to perform three more of just don't have it. The choice is yours. Beeth~ven'squartets . Hope to see you at the symphony.
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Travolta graduates from sweathog past with latest effort comic actor. He delivers every line by EDWIN CHAVEY with a believable grace accentuated uR-1 Cinema Correspondent with hilariously appropriate gestures. And he doesn't dance. What do you get when you put On the other hand, Alley doesn't dancing Sweathog John Travolta fare nearly as well In her transition together with pseudo-tough-guy from television to film. While her wisecracker Bruce Willis? character has some funy moments, it "Sort of a disco/Rambo type of lacks dimension overall. That is not to arrangement?' say that her character doesn't work. Nope. Everything in this movie works. She "Bratwurst?" just could have worked harder. Nothingdoing, moviegoers. Since this movie is based on the ·The result of this coupling is true "kids do the darndest things-' principle, comic ingenuity. Add Kirstie Alley the importance of Mikey is foremost. from Cheers and a funny little dude of This success of the little guy's per three months and you wind up with formance can be credited not only to "Look Who's Talking; a gut-busting the kids that played Mikey but also to comedy from director Amy Heckerling. director Heckerling. Look who's talking and you'll find With the help of a baby wrangler, Willis as the voice of Mikey, a wee she was able to catch kids doing the small boy who needs a dad. He's got perfect darndest things for the movie. a mom (Alley), but unfortunately mom Throw in Willis' voice as Mikey's s\ept with her married, woman thoughts and Mikey becomes one of chasing boss and now she's screwed. this year's most fascinating movie TRAVOLTA: Here chillng as seventies sex macn\ne '1\1\n"- Rarbat\no So, who steps in but babysitter characters. Travolta Mikey has found his dad but While alook Who's Talking" is a mom is still looking. Thus, the thick of very good movie, it will most assuredly unsettling, funny and beautiful all at and Mikey aren't around. This movie the plot: Mikey must get the two be out of the running for any Oscar the same time. never lags. It's funny, tender and together. What do you think happens? nominations with one possible excep Just like being there. loveable. "look Who's Talking" is a Say goodbye to Vinne Barbarino. tion. The special effects guys at Tri In the end, the talking baby good time and that constitues a good Travoltadominates this film from the Star Pictures have put together a pram ise does not get tiresome as one movie. moment he first appears. In the interin might imagine it would. Support Now if we could just get Epstein, visually astonishing segment of ta~king between "Perfect" and this movie, he sperm racing toward and penetrating players such as Abe Vigoda, George Washington and Horseshack to get has tu med from a goof into a refined a fertile egg. These scenes are Segal and Olympia Dukakis keep the their acts together. film on track and funny when Travolta
set for E. L. landing Take cover! The B-52's are coming to the MSU Auditorium Nov. 27th. They are riding the crest of theirnewa!bum, Cosmic Thing, and they have been pumping audiences all summer. If you were one of the few to catch them during the hotter months you know that Fred Schneider can still "Shake Society." There is no question about it The B-52's have not mellowed with age, as evidenced by a full house, two-and-a-half hour show at New York's famed Palladium. They played most of their reper toire including "Planet Claire" and "Private Idaho." So if you're hip, you'll be in line on Friday for your tickets ...... ·:-:-:-.·.·.·.· .. ·.·.·.·. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.