Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, August 27, 1969 IaeSxTEMCnA AL Wdedy uut2,16 Big Tha n George's Is More food Aentertainment---br An alternative is born Just An Appliance MINOLTA SRT-m1O1 35 mm Single Lens Reflex exclusive "CLC" system, incorporating twin CdS cells, measures exposure through the lens. Uses Mallory RM 625 or Eveready 625 mercury battery. 7 ASA 6-6400 . . . the wid- est range available on any through - the - lens metering camera. ~] exposure readings not af- fected by light entering view- finder [-1 available with choice of MC Rokkor 58mm f/1.4 or MC Rokkor 55mm f/1.7 nor- mal lenses . . . each remains at maximum aperture for ex- posure reading, closes auto- matically to pre-set aperture, r e o p e n s automatically to maximum a p e r t u r e. 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On weekend nights it turns into a coffee house in the common sense of the word, with bands, folk singers, and flicks. The Alternatives is the re- sult of a series of unlikely com- binations. First, it is located in the SAB, Its kitchen occu- pies what used to be an office of Inter-House Assembly, and it is flanked on all sides by offices of various studentorganizations. On sunny days Alternative action centers outside--in the SAB courtyard. Across the SAB lobby-which the alternative uses for its en- tertainers on rainy nights-is the Office of Student Affairs. But as unlikely as it may be, this combination is quite prati- cal. It allows the Alternative to live rent- and utility-free, and the SAB will fortunately never be the same. The Alternative is owned by about 500 shareholders. Al- though it is not a legal corpora- tion, the Alternative holds mass shareholders meetings. Every- one who owns a $5 share is en- titled to one vote, and the share- holders determine general Al- ternative policies. A few students and faculty members started planning the Alternative at the beginning of the year. Through selling shares, and by (enerous donations from al few, faiculty members, Alterna- tiv founders raised enough mn:ner to hire a non-student irne er and start looking for a place to set up business. Legal advice was donated by Peter Darrow, a local attorney. The Alternative originally planned to rent a building in the campus area, but the cost was too high. Shareholders then decided to look into the pos- sibility of using space in the Michigan Union. Plans were set to' move into the Union-which was to rent space to the Alternative - when Barbara Newell, acting vice president for student af- fairs, offered the Alternative free space in the SAB. But the Alternative is more than an economic enterprise. The coffee house was founded in a philosophy -- in the be- lief that there should be some place where studenlts, faculty, alumni and janitors can sit down at the same table and talk to each other. The Alternative founders hop- ed to provide a meeting place that would attract broad sec- tions of the University commun- ity. Peter Neito, the Alternative's manager, feels the Alternative has been fairly successful in this respect. "One night one of the janitors came by and picked up a harmonica that was lying on a table," Neito boasts. "He started playing and everybody loved it." -- -poetry and prose In search of a writer PREAMPLIFIERS AMPLIFIERS TUNERS SPEAKERS COMPACT SYSTEMS CONSOLES TAPE RECORDERS TAPES PORTABLE RADIOS RECORD PLAYERS POLICE RADIOS maranz... The Sound of MARANTZ IS THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT ITS VERY BEST! h a f " .; 4.' t' tfi. L y >T, MODEL 7T MODEL 15 SOLID STATE STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER Solid State PREAMPLIFIER COME IN MODEL 10B Stereo FM TUNER ...HEAR IT TODAY! 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Each year the struggling com- mittee of students goes begging in the University for money to entice a top-notch writer to come for one or two weeks. How- ever, the committee - w h e n lucky - usually can only find funds for a token payment. The WIR committee does boast a large collection of "thanks but no thanks" letters from well-known authors - the most impressive letter being an elaborate penned note from Thomas Wolf. The committee also had the honor of being turned down by Ayn Rand, Isaac Asimov and countless others. Old Left ideologue Irving Howe accepted t h e invitation two years ago. For weeks before his arrival, he was introduced to the University in the classi- fied ads as "Irving Who?" Unfortunately, for weeks af- ter his visit people kept asking when the writer w a s coming and then saying "Irving Who?" At least Leslie Fielder - the first writer-in-residence - from three years back was immortal- ized in the English 123 final exam. Last winter, the University community was fortunate to have two real writers - Jerry Kosinski, author of The Painted Bird and Steps, and Kurt Von- negut, author of Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rose- water. When Kosinski spoke for the Last year's W-I-R Kurt Vonnegut $6995 first time at the Lydia Mendel- sson Theatre, he excited people and could only be described as A Writer. The 35-year-old Polish emi- gree, who did not learn English until his arrival in the United States in 1957, abandoned the use of notes of any kind (and of a lectern as well), and ad- dressed the full house in simple, direct terms as he attempted to relate his concept of men and their reactions to brutal society. Kosinski also stressed the de- sirability of freedom - even at the cost of enduring agonies - "as long as one is able to run away." Vonnegut was another exper- ience -- just as exciting in his own robust ribald way contrast- ing Kosinski's shy sensitivity. Vonnegut offered the oppor- tunity to get a truer view of the writer and his profession, and how he conducts himself once in it. However, Vonnegut maintain- ed, "If you're going to be a writer, you must be paranoid. The thing is, in. the arts if you don't o v e r react, you fall asleep. . ." And so after half his stay was over, Vonnegut in his paranoia said he ran out of things to say and left. One can not really blame Vonnegut -- the schedule here is gruelling, frightening, and somewhat monotonous for the man in the spotlight. Hopefully, the WIR commit- tee will be able to use last year's experiences to reorganize a n d revitalize the program. Certain- ly Kosinski's and Vonnegut's visits have revitalized the Uni- versity. Now only if WIR can find a willing writer to come this year. 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These readings fea(ture University poets 1i k e well-published, well-known Donald Hall who is currently work- ing on revisions of his earliest poems; Robert Stilwell and Robert Hayden, all of the English department. In addition several poets from other univer- sities have been brought in for the programs which are free and open to the public. Usually the readings last about an hour with time left at the end to talk with the poet of the day. Several coffee houses like the Ark, Canter- bury House and Guild House also hold poetry readings, often as fund raising projects, other times just to provide a free evening of poetry. These groups sometimes will host University professors like Hall, but other times poets will be brought on for special events. In May, for ex- *,, mm "rnI1 t ~nnnrv nr llffpfl4 ,, a Ti~rimnnra_ sented a free reading of her recent poems at Canterbury House. Sometimes poetry readings with a special theme are presented like the program last fall given by several black poets. Artists from the Ann Arbor-Detroit area gathered in the Michi- gan League to present their poems and then dis- cuss the relationship of black poetry to the arts. Early last fall another special evening of po- etry was presented when black poet Lerot Jones offered an evening of his most recent poems and two of his short plays. "Generation," the inter-arts magazine, which publishes poems by students and faculty mem- bers, sponsors a reading after the publication of its two yearly magazines. Each artist is invited to read his published poems, and this program is the only formal outlet for students to read their poetry. Sometimes less structured readings occur when groups of people simply invite a professor for an informal gathering. 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