The Lumberjack May 5, 1988 Page 10

Students to present results / M J / M l C open Mot thru Sal As if it Matters V / n U I V 5 30 am 3 00pm Ooen Sun / 00 am • 2 00 pm with Sheryl Jones of research on city’s future

By Lori Myrland of Commerce. STEAK AND EGGS A spotlight hits the stage, thousands of pubescent girls start screaming, editor Riner said he wanted students to query three other groups about Flagstaff’s future, but some students and then he’s there: ihe star all these people waited 10 hours to get $20 NAU anthropology students will present their dropped the class, so only eight could be covered. tickets to see. graduate research papers on the future of Flagstaff this $2.95 All of the data collected in the students’ research has He has hair -- which obviously hasn't been washed or combed in a week Saturday at City Hall in the third annual Conference been put into a computer and analyzed, Riner said, ad­ on Historic Sites Research and Preservation. Steak and Eggs .Hash Browns,Toast. -- down to his waist. His eyes are bloodshot from what Fm sure is not ding that “the most sophisticated research Choice Top Sirloin 14 to 16 ounces just a lack of sleep. Reed Rinei\ who teaches Anthropology 547, “ Study methodology” has been employed. He said the graduate And best of all, he’s dripping with sweat. of the Future,” said his class of eight students work­ students are providing the city complete professional ing on their master’s degrees in applied anthropology 7 E Aspen Downtown. Ooh baby, hold me back. consultation. have worked all semester to gain a comprehensive pic­ I guess I just don’t understand the allure of going to rock concerts. You ture of what Flagstaff citizens, political leaders and The graduate students will be equipped to do futures usually can’t see the person or group very well, they usually don't look businesspeople envision for the city’s future. research professionally when they graduate, he said. very good, and the music almost always sounds better on the records. The conference will be held in city council chambers “ Study of the Future” was originally offered as an So what’s the purpose of going? in conjunction with the Preservation Folk Arts and undergraduate course, Riner said, and has been offered But what baffles me most is why some of the girls at concerts act so Crafts Fair at Wheeler Park, Humphreys Street and three times as a graduate course in the applied an­ stupid. Aspen Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. thropology course of study. They wave their arms and scream like the star is really going to notice Sponsored by the Historic Sites Commission of the “ What we had found in the first studies was that peo­ them and insist they come backstage after the concert for coffee and a chat. City of Flagstaff, it will kick o ff National Historic ple were not thinking more than two to five years If they somehow do manage to get backstage, it won’t be for coffee. Preservation Week, May 8 to 14. ahead,” Riner said. In the latest study, participants But who in their right mind would want to do this? You have to know Titled “ Preserving the Future,” the conference will were asked to state their most optimistic, most Anniversary Sale these people’s idea of safe sex is not asking the girl’s name so they can begin at 9 a.m. with students from Charles Hoffman’s pessimistic and most likely visions of Flagstaff 25 years honestly say they don’t know her in case of a paternity suit. historic preservation class and some non- student from now . Hence, the title of the afternoon session is scholars presenting papers on such topics as the “ Flagstaff Tomorrow, Flagstaff 2013.” But what seems even more stupid than paying big bucks to go to one Coconino Courthouse, the NAU Observatory and Riner said he believes the future of Flagstaff is a very o f f o f these concerts is writing about it. I think people review concerts to say steamboats on the Rio de Flag. important political issue in the city right now, and said 2 0 % “ Hey, I was there, are you impressed?” After a lunch break, Riner”s students will present his students “are doing the right thing at the right The reviewer goes on about how the event was the concert of the year. their findings from eight separate groups in Flagstaff tim e.” All Merchandise Nobody wants to hear this unless they were at the concert. I know 1 don’t at 1:30 p.m . Riner and one of his students, Robert Dalgarn, have (except consignment) care to read how wonderful a concert was when I wasn’t there. Those groups are: the Main Street Program Board been invited by the professional section of the World Reviewers also take great pride in reciting the songs the group played of Directors; local psychics; United Way officials and Futures Society to discuss futures research methods through month of May and in what order they played them. Fascinating stuff. volunteers; Native Americans for Community Action; June 27 through 30 in Salzberg, Austria. They are now But what I guess is the most amazing thing about concerts is how acts the medical community; city government; Babbitt seeking funding to make the trip. Dalgarn questioned acoustic & electric like Tiffany can get people to pay real money to see them. Personally, 1 Brothers Trading Company; and the Flagstaff Chamber members of NACA in Riner’s class this semester. strings would rather listen to every Bee Gees album ever made than sit through one Tiffany concert. Tiffany, hon, I’ve got some advice for you. Go back to singing in shop­ ping malls, get a last name, stop fighting with your mother and don’t ever, Pom films lose college audience $300 & $400 ever try to sing a Beatle’s song again. 1509 S. Milton 774-7776 College Press Service last screened a dirty movie (“The Helier of New York Films also Story of O ” ) in 1979. thought fear of controversy — 774-7777 It was a scene repeated on hun­ At Arizona State University, the especially at “ small, religious or dreds of campuses: most successful campus Southern schools” -- is keeping sex Well, this is it, my last column, and since it has to be exceptionally long, University of Missouri at Colum­ 1 thought I’d tack on some self-indulgent gibberish. moneymakers this year have been movies off campus film series, bia students picketed the campus “ The Gods Must Be Crazy,” “ La though she believes videotapes are 1 didn’t think it was necessary lo write a whole farewell column because showing of a porn movie -- in this Bamba,” “Dim Sum” and “Attack the biggest reason. you don’t really care that I’m leaving, just like you don’t really care what case “The Opening of M isty of the Killer Tomatoes,” reported “They’re not making those Flagstaff Beethoven” - one night in early [ think about Tiffany ... as if it matters. activities adviser Rosalyn Munk. movies on film anymore,” she said. But that has always been the whole point of this column. You don’t care, April, and then retired to a nearby Nationwide, the most popular “They’re making them on Schwinn Bike I don’t care and what I write about isn’t worth caring about. auditorium for a heated debate bet­ movie rentals at colleges have been videotape, and they go straight to So now hopefully those people who asked me why 1 didn’t ever write ween Gloria Leonard, publisher of “ River’s Edge,” “ My Life as a the video store. Shop about positive or uplifting things will understand. Probably not, though. “High Society” magazine, and Dog,” “Koyaanisqatsi” and “She’s Munk of ASU agrees. “ Students I suppose at this point 1 should say how much fun it has been writing Delores Alexander, founder of Gotta Have It,” said Amy Heller of are still interested, but they can get Women Against Pornography. this column for the past year. New York Films, which distributes X- rated videos.” The big news, however, is that the I ’ll just skip that part. second-run films. “Students,” added Don Haley, a Actually, it was fun sometimes. However, it would have been moTe fun scene hasn’t been repeated on very -It’s a far cry from the controver­ publicist for several Los Angeles X- had I not run out of ideas sometime early last semester. many campuses during the 1987-88 sy and anger that attended movies rated movie theaters, “don’t have to school year. Luckily, I had some creative friends to get me through the rough spots. like “ Wanda Whips Wall Street,” go to a ‘theater or a campus show­ In short, porn films are becoming “Debbie Does Dallas,” “Deep ing. "they go straight to the video Thanks, Carol, Liz, Tim, Lori, Ed and Jay for all your help and ideas. scarcer on U.S. campuses. Just think -- you’ll never have to listen to me whine about this thing again. Throat” and blue movie festivals at store.” Observers think it’s because of in­ the universities of Chicago and Ten­ Videos, shown at home, also 1 also want to thank my friends for letting me make fun of them on oc­ creasing competition from nessee, at Louisiana State and relieve students of the embarrass­ Schwinn & Univega casion. You can only be so rude to your family, but friends seem to put videotaped sex movies, a creeping ment of being seen at the more up with a whole lot more. I know, I’ve tested this. California Institute of Technology, fear of controversy, changing stu­ at DePaul and literally hundreds of public porn showings at campus Mtn. Bikes Liz, sorry you got the worst o f it, but for the record, I still don’t like ALF. dent tastes and maybe even raised other schools during the early film series. student consciousness. On the corner ot 4th Now that I’m wrapping this up. I’m staring to come up with really good eighties. With so much porn in video column ideas. It always happens this way. Others attribute it to money. stores, Munk added, “there’s no big and Santa Fe. “ We pick the films that will bring No one is sure why cam pus tastes mystery about these things now.” Anyway, I’m graduating next week and I’ll be off to Phoenix to find 526-2780 the most attendance, and those are seem to be changing. With the mystery gone and titilla- exciting and fulfilling employment. Like I said a few weeks ago, Taco Bell violent films like ‘•Robocop,’” said “ I don’t know what the general is looking pretty good about now. tion readily available in video stores, Deborah Sacarakis of Lehigh student taste is governed by,” Drop in and say hello -- I’ll give you extra hot sauce. the controversy has been harder to University in Pennsylvania, which Lehigh’s Sacarakis shrugged. generate. FRESCO GAS and MARKET*

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